does members of congress pay and receive social security benefits?
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Senators get paid over $65,000 per year for the rest of their lives and never pay taxes again.
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you are welcome :)\n\nWhat a coincidence Im just learning about this. I believe the answer is Congress (which includes the House of Representatives). Because congress decides how much money can be spent. But im not 100% for sure
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Money & a social security.
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The USSenate passed a bill today that would allow illegal aliens--even if they committed a felony--to receive Social Security benefits and others--All but 5 Democrats voted for the passage. My only hope is that it will not pass the House!!!  THIS is ridiculous legislation--since Social Security is in trouble already!!!!
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I would like to have a social security system just like our senators and congressmen have, you can bet theirs never runs out.
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Yes to all of your questions.  They are essentially taxed without representation.  But they are legal citizens with full US rights, they just dont get their own voting Representatives or Senators in the US Congress.
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If you are a U.S. citizen, you may receive your Social Security payments outside the U.S. as long as you are eligible for them.
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1. Contact your US congressman for assistance.\n\n2. Apply to the Social Security office for survivor benefits.
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The members of the Congress are elected by the people in their state or districts.  Thus, they represent the people in national issues and decides for the in the Congress.  In so doing, they are representives of the people to the national level.
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As of January, 2001, each Senator receives an annual salary of $145,100"\nhttp://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps12426/www.senate.gov/\nlearning/learn_faqhtml#how7
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The Congressmen retain their present salary for life that a pool fund. This includes them even if they serve one term. They don't draw off the Social Security system but making $100,000+ a year plus benifits sure makes ya wonder why they don't work for us huh.But yet always blame the President for everything its called politics.
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You heard incorrect information. Social Security is only paid to people that contribute to the fund. This is normally done by payroll deductions or direct payments by self employed people.
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Congressional Pensions \n\n \nCongress is sometimes considered suspect when it takes time to establish its own wages and pensions. \n\nHowever, pensions for Representatives and Senators have never reached quite the sums suggested in some accounts. In fact, pensions for elected officials who retire after 1997 were reduced by almost half in 1994. \n\nDuring the 1990s, Congress dramatically lowered the pension for former elected officials. Before these reforms were established, the average pension was about $75,000 per year, with an average contribution to that fund of about $100,000. Currently, that number is approximately $15,000 per year for officials who retire after 1998, with an average contribution of about $23,000. \n\nContrary to rumors, members of Congress pay an equal amount of taxes to Social Security that everyone else does. The only tax break offered is a $3,000 deduction for housing expenses incurred while staying in Washington, DC. \n\n\n Congress' cushy pension system\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nPosted: July 11, 2001\n1:00 a.m. Eastern\n\n\n© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com \n\n\nWASHINGTON – Unlike most American workers, who lost big money in their 401(k) retirement accounts last year, members of Congress can't lose in their gold-plated retirement plans. \n\nCongress' bloated pensions are by far the single biggest perk offered lawmakers, a huge incentive for incumbents to cling to office and spend more of your money. \n\nCushy doesn't begin to describe their retirement plans. They are more like small lotteries. \n\nAs with private plans, politicians' retirement benefits rise with length of service. But congressional pensions provide double to triple the benefits offered by most private employers, studies show. \n\nIn fact, they are so generous that some former lawmakers' annual pensions are twice as high as their pre-retirement congressional salary. Among the major provisions: \n\n\nPayout is based on a special formula. Most companies base pensions on the average of an employee's five highest-paid years, plus 1.5 percent. But lawmakers get the average of their highest three years' pay – inflating the total by giving more weight to peak years – plus as much as 2.5 percent. \n\nCongressional pension payments rise each year under a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. Virtually no companies offer pensions that match a rise in the Consumer Price Index. \n\nBoth lawmakers and staffers can retire with a full, guaranteed pension at age 50 after 20 years of service, whereas most American workers must wait until they are 65. \nHold on for 20 years and you can retire with a full pension as early as age 50 and live the rest of your life in relative luxury – at taxpayers' expense. And that does not include your tax-deferred savings plan, which taxpayers match nearly dollar-for-dollar, or Social Security benefits (like all workers, members of Congress pay into the system on the first $80,400 of their gross income). \n\nMany members who have recently left Congress will draw more than $1 million over their lifetimes. Some are expected to haul in more than $2 million, projects the National Taxpayers Union. \n\nVoters may have put some old tax-and-spend bulls out to pasture in recent years. But that doesn't mean they stopped paying for their long and dubious service. \n\nTake former House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash. He's collecting $123,804 a year, plus COLAs, for his 32 years of government service. \n\nThen there's retired crook Dan Rostenkowski. After 36 years in the House, benefits for the former Ways and Means Committee chairman start at $96,462 a year, even though he was convicted of embezzling his office stamp allowance. (Only treason can strip federal lawmakers of their pension.) \n\nFor the roughly 85 percent of Americans working in the private sector, retirement won't be so golden. \n\nFewer than four out of 10 wor
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This sounds like a homework question but i will still answer it:\nCity welfare payments\nState unemployment payments\nFederal Social Sectury payments
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If you want to fix social security it is simple, take the retirement away from congress and put them on social security. It will be fixed in no time.
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Congress allocates where the money goes.
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No. The congress is full of self-serving re-election whores. Presidents are a hit-or-miss proposition, and even they can't do anything without compromising on principle with the Congress.\n\nFor example, Social Security is a disaster waiting to happen, but because it is solvent now, no Congressman will touch it, lest they lose the next election because of upset voters. So they kick the problem down the road. They will only do the right thing if it aligns with their polls.\n\nSame with agricultural welfare. Same with the Cuba embargo. Etc.\n\nThey also curtail our rights, like eliminating our political voices by the Campaign Finance reform.\n\nThey also illegally spend the public monies. The Constitution is very specific on the limits of what the government can and cannot do. Charitably taking money from my pocket to give to another (and get their vote) is clearly unauthorized and illegal in any but the most distorted interpretation of the Constitution, but there it is.\n\nSo, no, I do not trust my government.