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From: mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina)
Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.legal
Subject: Re: Social Security (how to get out)
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 11:08:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  8 11:08:14 1986
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In article <1620@vax1.fluke.UUCP>, witters@fluke.UUCP writes:
> > 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???
> 
> 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....
> 
> 						John Witters
> 						(206) 356-5274

John,

I don't think you are right about the Congressman.  You are right that
Federal Employeees used to have this.  Right now there are 4 exempt groups:
1) Ministers who have a substantiated religious objection to Social Security,
2) About 16% of local municipal employees (for Constitutional reasons),
3) Federal Employees hired before a certain date, and
4) Farmers (I think . . . I am not too sure about this one)

			       Mark Reina