Obama Says Some Voters Are Angry, Bitter

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said Friday that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in Washington - and, as a result, vote on the basis of other issues such as gun protections or gay marriage....

 

By JIM KUHNHENN

 

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[ImWithStupid]

I'm going to have to agree with Obama on this one...

 

"People don't vote on economic issues because they don't expect anybody is going to help them," Obama told a crowd at a Terre Haute, Ind., high school Friday evening. "So people end up voting on issues like guns and are they going to have the right to bear arms. They vote on issues like gay marriage. They take refuge in their faith and their community, and their family, and the things they can count on. But they don't believe they can count on Washington."

 

All any of the "so called" representatives in Washington D.C. care about is getting re-elected, not representing the people.

[wez]

I'm going to have to agree with Obama on this one...

 

 

 

All any of the "so called" representatives in Washington D.C. care about is getting re-elected, not representing the people.

 

 

No doubt.. and care about lining their, and their buddies pockets at our and our countries expense.

 

I think there's a few exceptions, but few and far between. I know Paul Wellstone was.. now he's dead.

 

Jesse for Senate!!!!

[Old Salt]

I'd like to have the retirement plan Senators and Congressmen have.

Summary of eRumor

The email says members of congress, both Senators and the House of Representatives, don't pay into Social Security but do have a special retirement plan that continues their active salary until death.

The email encourages pulling "...the Golden Fleece retirement out from under the Senators and Congressmen, and put them in Social Security with the rest of us."

 

The Truth

Congressional pensions are controversial and many believe they should be reformed, but this email has several inaccuracies.

First, it is not true that members of congress don't pay into Social Security.

It's been required of them since 1983, according to Andrew G. Biggs, Social Security Analyst for the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C..

Additionally, Biggs says Congress does have its own retirement plan which does pay a generous pension to retired members of congress plus they are eligible for the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a 401k-type investment program available to all federal employees.

Depending on a person's length of service, it is possible to retire with annual income that is equivalent to a Congressional salary, but no member of Congress automatically retires with his or her salary being paid as pension.

TruthOrFiction.com was unable to find the source for the alleged Bill Bradley retirement calculations.

Members of Congress don't have to pay Social Security-Fiction!