"The People" have no set social security retirement. Ours is dependent on the contributions we and our employers make. Our government reps/sen have a monthly retirement we would all love to have and do not contribute to social security. If social security is good enough for "the people" it should be good enough for the people we elect to represent us. Had the government deducted ss from all our reps, and they had to invest/save etc as we do, our ongoing retirement debt would not be so high, and there would be alot more money in social security.
2007-02-26 14:11:41 · 7 answers · asked by Diane B 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It is deducted from Senators and Representatives now, unless they have been around since it was changed roughly 25 years ago (sometime during the Reagan administration). At one time they were a part of a Federal Employees Pension Plan which excluded them from social security.
I believe some union pension members (generally state employees) and preachers/priests are the only ones who can file for exemption anymore.
2007-02-26 14:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by tarnefar 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where else can you work for 4 years and be guaranteed full pay for life? Do you think they are going to vote themselves out of such a sweet deal?
Look at the Clinton's. Hillary needed residence in New York to become senator there. So, they buy a mansion there and put a guest house in the back yard for the secret service to use. The rent the secret service pays covers the mortgage payment on the mansion. They get free house, free security and full president and senator pay for as long as either of them is alive. That says nothing about royalties they get from the fouls that buy their book or pay to hear their lies in person.
2007-02-26 22:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Gunny Bill 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The quick answer is that politicians pass laws for us - they are FAR too important to actually live under such restraints!
Politicians holding your Social Security contributions is literally the fox guarding the chicken coop.
Give him his due...Bush made a valid attempt for folks to have the OPTION to invest some of their own money...the leeches in the Houses - both parties - would have none of it.
A pox on both their houses.
2007-02-26 22:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by Garrett S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, yeah, that's in there with a whole bunch of other stuff, like why are lobbyists writing our legislation, why is the electoral college still in existence, you know, stuff like that...??? I don't think it's OK at all, and they sure do get a nice retirement package, don't they??? And they don't even have to vote the way their constituents want them too...they don't even have to show up for votes if they don't want to!!!
2007-02-26 22:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Beccause State employees are smart enough not to be part of a mondo Ponzi Scheme.
2007-02-26 22:22:05 · answer #5 · answered by Gerard B 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Indeed! They will retire with millions and we will have nothing. it is not a fair system is it?
2007-02-26 22:15:38 · answer #6 · answered by katie d 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a "C" word.
Like "Corruption," or "Clinton," or "Communism," or... go look up your own list.
2007-02-26 22:40:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋