This should outrage us all [View All]

Got this in an e-mail,haven't seen it anywhere, and if I'm breaking any rules, please let me know:
Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congressmen/Women 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, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,8000,000 with their wives drawing $275,000 during the last years of thier lives. This is calculated on an average lie span for each of those Dignitaries. Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age will receive much more during the rest of thier lives.
Thier cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. Nada....ZILCH...
This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You are picking up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan comes 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-we can expect to get an average of $1,000.00 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000.00 monthly for 68 years and 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.
And let's not forget those Senators who recently voted against giving our troops (regular and reserved) a one-time $1,500.00 bonus for their efforts in the Persian Gulf.