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rockdog57
Why doesn't Congress give up their "golden parachute" health/retirement plan to help fix Social Security?
Any member of Congress who serves 5 years or more becomes vested in their health/retirement plan which covers them and their spouse for the rest of their lives. All their health coverage is at 100%. Their retirement is 100% of whatever they were making at the time they retired. For those members who serve only four years, there is an option to purchase the fifth year of service. If those people had to live under it like the rest of us, instead of off our backs, there wouldn't be a problem with Social Security.
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