Health & Fitness
Members of Congress Protect Their Pensions
Tell Congress it is time for them to share in the sacrifices they are forcing on other federal workers.
Members of Congress will get more lucrative pensions than new federal employees under a little-known provision in the bill that extends payroll tax relief and unemployment insurance.
Congressmen will retain a luxurious benefit that lets them retire years earlier
than federal workers, without any reduction in their pension.
They will be able to retire at age 50 with 20 years of service without the
significant penalty most federal employees receive for retiring early.
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Federal employees’ pension will be reduced by 50 percent for retiring early
while the congressman will be able to retire years earlier and start receiving
their full pension immediately.
That's why I created a petition to the United States House of Representatives
and The United States Senate, which says:
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"THE UNETHICAL ACTIVITY OF GREED MUST STOP! The members of the House and Senate must stop padding their pockets with taxpayer money! It is time to return Ethics, Morals, Honesty, Civility and COMMON SENSE to American Politics. If YOU, our elected officals, are unable to meet these demands, WE THE PEOPLE will elect individuals who will!"
Will you sign this petition? Click here: http://signon.org/sign/congress-pension-deal?source=c.em.cp&r_by=715217
—Franklin Marshall
