This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9435F5E52AE87BF0B56E5FA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------9435F5E52AE87BF0B56E5FA1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <baldwia1@nationwide.com> Received: from saturn.nationwide.com (saturn.nationwide.com [198.8.253.8]) by fh101.infi.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA12108 for <rfsopals@citrus.infi.net>; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:24:46 -0400 (EDT) From: baldwia1@nationwide.com Received: from agent57.ent.nwie.net by saturn.nationwide.com (SMTP Gateway) with SMTP id JAA06069 for <rfsopals@citrus.infi.net>; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:24:09 -0400 Received: from ddcsrv46.ent.nwie.net by agent57.ent.nwie.net with ESMTP id JAA09418; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:24:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FW: [Fwd: Fwd: Social Security.........From Vic] To: cassidyt@smtpgw2.musc.edu, clutem@nationwide.com, smiles4u97@earthlink.net, jayhe@blackbaud.com, Rinda4RsG@aol.com, kraftc@nationwide.com, jsneely@bellsouth.net, spanish747@aol.com, prattm@nationwide.com, CHARLEYO@PRODIGY.NET, rfsopals@citrus.infi.net, warrenm3@nationwide.com, betsywilk@home.com Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:23:59 -0400 Message-Id: <OF968D5B13.638CF3A9-ON852568DB.00498B21@ent.nwie.net> X-Mimetrack: Serialize by Router on EntDDCMTA01/SRV/NWIE(Release 5.0.2a |November 23, 1999) at 05/10/2000 09:24:04 AM Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This is enough to make me mad... > > Our Senators and Congressmen don't pay in to Social Security and they > don't collect from it either. The reason is that they have a special > retirement plan that they voted for themselves many years ago. When they > retire they continue to draw the same pay until they die -- except that it > may increase from time to time because of cost of living adjustments. For > instance, former Senator Bradley, and his wife, may be expected to draw a > total of $7,900,000, with Mrs. Bradley drawing $275,000 during the last > year of her life even after Mr. Bradley is dead. This is calculated on an > average > life span for each. This would be all well and good, except that they paid > nothing in on any kind of retirement, and neither does any other Senator or > Congressman. This fine retirement plan comes directly out of the general > fund. Our tax money. > > Meanwhile, we suckers who pay for it all, draw $1000/month or less > from Social Security. > > Imagine for a moment that you could structure a retirement plan so > desirable that people would want extra deducted from their pay so that they > could increase their retirement income. A retirement plan that worked so > well that Railroad employees, Postal workers, corporate executives and > others who aren't in it, would be clamoring to get in. > > That's how good Social Security could be if only one change were made. > That change is to jerk the Golden Fleece retirement out from under Senators > and Congressmen, put them in the Social Security system with the rest of > us, and watch how fast they'd fix it to benefit themselves-and as a side > effect they'd benefit us. If enough people receive this message, maybe > one or some of them along the way might be able to help bring that dream > retirement system for everyone to reality. How many can YOU send this to? --------------9435F5E52AE87BF0B56E5FA1--