"Swingman" wrote in message
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"todd" wrote in message

Well, you're free to make whatever point you want. The assertion that I
was
responding to was that if we just got Congress folks off of their
pension
and strictly onto SS, everything would be fine.

No one said that things would be "fine" ... the assertion was that if the
congress critters had to live by the same rules the rest of us do, that
the
much needed "fix" to SS would be more forthcoming.

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Then I guess you're missing the point. Most of the congress types will end
up not having to count on their retirement plan or SS to be a major source
of retirement income because it will represent a small portion of their net
worth. So "making them play by our rules" isn't going to change anything.
There's only one thing they respond to, and that's getting re-elected. Make
them think they won't get re-elected if they don't modify SS, and then it
will change.
Absent that, I have a deal to make with the gubmint. I'm 36 years old and
have been paying (along with my employers), SS taxes for roughly 20 years
now. OK, gubmint, you keep all of that money and just let me off this
merry-go-round. Let me keep my 7.65% or whatever the percentage is that
comes (directly) out of my paycheck each month. I'll add that to my other
investments and you'll never hear from me again.

todd