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The best news for Social Security came in 1984 when Reagan signed a law requiring all federal workers hired after 1984 to be on Social Security, effectively doing away with Civil Service Retirement. This includes your CongressCritters...
Once the leadership in congress is selected from employees hired after 1984, they will have a vested, personal interest in "fixing" Social Security.
As if you needed another reason to vote out the old white-haired dudes that have been haunting DC since the 70's...
Timeout- perhaps younger members of Congress do pay into social security, BUT they still have their ultralush congressional pension.
I think you're wrong - federal employees hired after '84 are on Social Security and Civil Service is being phased out as pre '84 hires retire and loose elections. If you can provide a link to information about a tax-payer funded retirement program for CongressCritters that is in addition to regular old SSA like the rest of us participate in, I will eat my words and be in your debt.