Social Security check Friday, April 20, 2013, 5:00 AM

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>> Here we go.
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>> JUST REALIZED THAT WITH REQUIRED AUTO DEPOSIT, I NEVER GET TO SEE THE
>> CHECK ....
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>> ALERT EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
>> THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US.*
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>> *Subject:*
>> SOCIAL SECURITY becomes FEDERAL BENEFIT CHECK
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>> Have you noticed, the Social Security check is now referred to as a
>> "Federal Benefit Payment"?
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>> 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.
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>> Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.
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>> The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a
>> Federal Benefit Payment.
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>> This isn't a benefit it. It is earned income! Not only did we all
>> contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.
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>> It totaled 15% of our income before taxes .
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>> If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to
>> $180,000 Invested in Social Security .
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>> If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social
>> security( $375/month, including both your and your employers
>> contributions) at a meager 1% Interest rate compounded monthly, after 40
>> years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!
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>> 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 .
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>> That's almost three times more than today's average Social Security
>> benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security
>> Administration
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>> (Google it - its a fact).
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>> 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 .
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>> Instead , the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than
>> Bernie Madoff ever did.
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>> They took our money and used it elsewhere.
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>> They forgot (Knew) that it was OUR money they were taking.
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>> They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to
>> them .
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>> And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed .
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>> And recently, they've told us that the money won't support us for very
>> much longer .
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>> But is it our fault they misused our investments?
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>> And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a benefit , as if we
>> never worked to earn every penny of it. Offered by John C.
>> Just because they borrowed the money, doesn't mean that our investments
>> were a charity !
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>> Let's take a stand .
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>> We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare.
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>> Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government .
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>> Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going, for the sake of
>> that 92% of our population who need it.
>> *Then call it what it is: Our Ear ned Retirement Income. *
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>> 99% of people won't forward this.
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>> Will you?
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>> *You can bet I WILL !!!*
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