Letter to SOTH John Boehner

John Boehner wants to raise YOUR retirement age to 70.
Not a WORD about raising CONGRESS’S retirement age.
Congress cut off COLA for Social Security Seniors for the last two years, claiming “THERE IS NO INFLATION”.
Congress got THEIR COLA ….. “DUE TO INFLATION.”

I TRULY become incensed when I hear some blowhard Politician state that Universal Healthcare would be “SOCIALIST”. Michigan legislators get FREE, LIFETIME, healthcare after just SIX years…… members of Congress enjoy “cradle to grave” SOCIALIST medical and retirement benefits that outstrip those of the old Soviet Central Committee members. Salary and benefits [edit] Salaries As of January 2010, the annual salary of each Representative is $174,000.[13] The Speaker of the House and the Majority and Minority Leaders earn more: $223,500 for the Speaker and $193,400 for their party leaders (the same as Senate leaders). A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes to not accept it. Congress sets members’ salaries; however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA[14]) from taking effect until after the next general election. Representatives are eligible for lifetime benefits after serving for five years, including a pension, health benefits, and social security benefits.[15]
MEANWHILE – FEDERAL WORKERS: Earning double their private counterparts
Federal salaries have grown robustly in recent years, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Office of Personnel Management data. Key findings:
Government-wide raises. Top-paid staff have increased in every department and agency. The Defense Department had nine civilians earning $170,000 or more in 2005, 214 when Obama took office and 994 in June.
Long-time workers thrive. The biggest pay hikes have gone to employees who have been with the government for 15 to 24 years. Since 2005, average salaries for this group climbed 25% compared with a 9% inflation rate.
Federal workers earning $150,000 or more make up 3.9% of the workforce, up from 0.4% in 2005.
Since 2000, federal pay and benefits have increased 3% annually above inflation compared with 0.8% for private workers, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
“CNBC: Despite a long and deep recession, the collective personal wealth of congressional members increased by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2009, according to a study released Wednesday by the Center for Responsive Politics.”
Cut ALL government pay AND pensions 50% ….. if they don’t LIKE IT, they can QUIT and go work in PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
60 percent of the federal government workforce is represented by LABOR UNIONS…… WHY?

For ALL Politicians, Federal, and State workers.
1) Make all politician’s pay a percentage of the AVERAGE pay of their constituents. That would give them INCENTIVE to get jobs back from China.
2) Make all politician’s retirement plans a percentage of the AVERAGE retirement plan of their constituents, that provides INCENTIVE to work for the PEOPLE.
3) Make all politicians dissolve their fancy, overpaid retirement plans. That will provide INCENTIVE to fix Social Security that THEY BROKE.
4) Make all politician’s medical benefits a percentage of the AVERAGE benefits of their constituents, that provides INCENTIVE to work for the PEOPLE .
5) Make all politician’s pensions dependent on the security of their constituent’s pensions. If the People are losing their pensions due to economic distresses then the politicians should also.
6) ALL government workers and politicians will collect benefits at the same age as the AVERAGE, PRIVATE CITIZEN.
NOTE: “Average” here INCLUDES the “unemployed”. That creates incentive for job creation.
COPY AND PASS ON
Social Security is NOT an “entitlement” …….. for those who PAID FOR IT.
Social Security is a PROPERTY RIGHT ……. for those who PAID FOR IT.