Once upon a time, President Bush wanted to 'reform' Social Security---the 'reform' never happened.
Once upon TODAY'S time, Social Security is still fiscally fucked up!
Have you ever wondered why government employees DO NOT CONTRIBUTE to the Social Security program?
Government employees are no better than NON government employees and should become SSA contributors & recipients!
Oldcatman
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****Opinion: Public employees all should be part of the Social Security system.
Thanks to extensive media focus on public employee pensions, voters now know that some public employees enjoy unsustainable retirement benefits that private sector folks pay for but could never dream of receiving themselves. The cost of those benefits is undermining San Jose's ability to deliver services that protect our safety and sustain our quality of life. As a result, city leaders have the public support needed to remove a generations-old injustice.
They could -- they should -- set a precedent now by enrolling themselves and all city employees in our nation's Social Security retirement system.
It's time to start treating all citizens equally.
****READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE (HERE).
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