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Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.legal
Subject: Re: Social Security (how to get out)
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Date: Tue, 7-Oct-86 12:52:47 EDT
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> > Like many other people, I believe that by the time I am old enough
> > to collect it, Social Security will be long gone.  Meanwhile, SS
> > takes a larger percentage of my income every year, with the maximum
> > amount ever increasing.  
> >  
> > IS THERE ANY WAY OUT???
> 
> No.

Actually, yes.  Get yourself elected to congress.  I believe that the law
exempts congressmen from having to pay social security taxes.  Incidently,
congressmen are exempt from many other laws too, for example, they are not
required to pay minimum wage to their employees, and they may legally
discriminate on the basis of age, sex, national origin, race, religion,
previous service in Vietnam, etc..

It used to be that federal employees were exempt from having to pay social
security taxes since they had their own pension plan.  However, this was
changed recently in order help keep Social Security from going broke.

Myself?  I just assume my social security taxes are going down a rat hole, just
like what the IRS takes.  I save what I can, and hope that inflation won't make
it worthless by the time I retire.  Hmmm,  Maybe I should learn subsistence
farming....

-- 
						I'm not a lumberjack
						and I'm not O.K.

						John Witters
						John Fluke Mfg. Co.  Inc.
						P.O.B. C9090 M/S 245F
						Everett, Washington  98206

						(206) 356-5274