SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT' /ENTITLEMENT!

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SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT' /ENTITLEMENT! Have you noticed, your Social

Security check is referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment"? I'll be part of the one percent to forward this. I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.

 

The government refers to our Social Security checks as a “Federal Benefit Payment.” This isn’t a benefit – its earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes. If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security. If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both your and your employer’s contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved! This is your personal investment . Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month . That’s almost three times more than today’s average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration (Google it - it’s a fact). And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)!

 

I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts. Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever did. They took our money and used it elsewhere. They “forgot” that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn’t have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn’t pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently, they’ve told us that the money won’t support us for very much longer. But is it our fault they misused our investments? And now, to add insult to injury, they’re calling it a “benefit,” as if we never worked to earn every penny of it. Just because they “borrowed” the money, doesn't mean that our investments were a charity! Let’s take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government – Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going, for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income. 99% of people won't forward this. Will you?

 

Subject: Changes needed

Our esteemed members of the U. S. House and the U. S. Senate have exempted themselves from Obama Care, Social Security, and a variety of other laws that us peons have to comply with. They only have to be in their respective offices one term before they are eligible for retirement. Isn't it time we made some changes in Washington DC?   Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE This is stupid Salary of Speaker of the House .............$223,500 FOR LIFE This is really stupid Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE Ditto last line Average Salary of a teacher ................ $40,065 Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ........ $38,000 I think we found where the cuts should be made! If you agree ..... Pass it on, I just did.           T.E.A.M...  TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE Donate To Zakat U.S.A. Donations Tax Deductable Save more lives with 2.5‏ Partners Of Zakat U.S.A. ************************************************************************************************************************************** WE NEED YOUR HELP SO WE CAN HELP!  PLEASE DONATE TODAY ZAKAT U.S.A. اضغط هنا: Zakat U.S.A. At A Glance OPOW   Donate To Zakat U.S.A. Donations Tax Deductable ZAKAT USA ON FACEBOOK   Crisis In The Horn Of Africa Pictures 1432 AH     Click Here:  OPOW Slide Show                                 OPOW NEEDS YOUR HELP       If you like this article please consider donating to :  Oppressed Peoples Online Word Mission Statement Of Oppressed Peoples Online Word Oppresses Peoples Online Word On Facebook O.P.O.W. Email:   [e-mail]   Recent Stories On Oppressed Peoples Online Word World News Up-dated :  Mosaic World News   OPOW Mission Statement.... Our Statement: That just might help us in our paradigm shift to a m... http://oppressedpeoplesonlineword.ning.com/profiles/blogs/our-state... oppressedpeoplesonlineword.ning.com We at Oppressed Peoples Online Word are constantly attempting to pass on what we think to be useful information related to Muslim and Non-Muslim around the wo…   Press TV Live American Muslim Civic Pocket Guide