Hi all, This email from Jill Davies is staggering. No, it's not related to BD as such, but I thought you might like to think about it.
> SOCIAL SECURITY > > 2004 Election Issue > This must be an issue in "04". Keep it going. > > SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.) > > Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our > Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, > they do not collect from it. Social Security benefits were not suitable for > persons of their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a > special plan for themselves. 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 $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred > Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of > their lives. This is calculated on an average life span for each. > > Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. 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 $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 (l) month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits! Social Security > could be very good if only one small change were made. And 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 > and then 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. > > How many people can YOU send this to? > > ~~ Jill Davies - - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ > How we treat the Land is determined by how we view ourselves. > ~~~~~The machine model kills living systems.~~~~~ > www.aliantha.com
