Meat Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT! 2008 Election Issue!! GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC. This must be an issue in "2008" Please! Keep it going. ---------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.) Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it. You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan. For all practical purposes their plan works like this: When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die. Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.. For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives. This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two Dignitaries. Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much more during the rest of their lives. Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. NADA....ZILCH.... This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Funds; "OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"! From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into, - every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer) - we can expect to get an average of $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator! Bill Bradley's benefits! Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. That change would be to: Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us! Then sit back....and watch how fast they would fix it. If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyman Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 What's even better is the 150,000 soldiers who are fighting to find WMD's that don't exist, who have left their families behind to protect their country, will only get a slight additional benefit if they die in active service. Other wise they are held back because they aren't making the money their families need and they will have to stand in line for the few jobs that remain if these wars ever end. Oh they do get medical care but i've seen livestock get better care. I'm sure if these politians had similar "health" care, had to dodge bullets and chemical weapons to protect themselves and the ones they love and had to wonder if their SS check will pay the phone bill and leave enough to buy groceries, things would really change. But so far, there are millions of lemmings who think the politians are actually doing something for the people of this country. It's enough to make you puke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefreestyler Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 What's even better is the 150,000 soldiers who are fighting to find WMD's that don't exist whats WMD's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyman Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 whats WMD's? 327562[/snapback] Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefreestyler Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 haha you posted it and you dont know what it means? hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 he knows what it means, he was makin' fun of you Freestyler.... WMD=weapons of mass destruction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNBRAD Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yep, definitely a sore subject among many political analytic american's. They also factor in their "cost of living" raises how much and when they deem necessary. Time to become a senator. whats WMD's? Why does this not surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefreestyler Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 haha i thought that was a lil odd him not know what it meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman-hott Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yeah yeah nothing but another line of bullshit. Read up Social Security Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 i love people who get all their information/knowledge from junk emails. some people will believe anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysea1 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 fucking suits, the middle/upper middle working class pays for everyone!! Thanks for the info...did not know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 ooor try reading the link that fireman-hott posted http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I basically skimmed this thread but on the topic of Social Security.... Though I feel bad for people who may need it and won't get it if it falls apart, it must be understood and brought to the forefront that Social Security is not a retirement plan. It was never intended to be, nor was it designed to be. It was merely a means of supplementing senior retirment income. With that said, it wasn't intended for everyone at age 65 to sign up for it and retire off from it. I'm not saying this to put anyone down who needs it, but merely to stress the point that in the future with a fluctuating economy as it has been for as long as I've been alive, it is important to either 1) get really really really rich or 2) start planning for a secure retirement (401k, IRA's, Long-term stocks, etc.) I'm not a posterboy for financial freedom and advice but through mistakes, I've learned to start thinking about where my income will come from when I get ready to say bye to the working world and hello sandy beaches when retirement age slaps me acrossed the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 you are 100% right lee. ....i cant believe i just said that. somebody smack me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikikazz Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 like my mommy told me save $20 a day... that is $7000 a year say you start at the age of 18...47 years that you have been saving when you retire you would have saved like $343,000 i think i can live a couple of years on that...fuck social security. plus by then ill be dead... so wont have to worry about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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