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Re: Social security taxes Katie 10-30-2007
Posted by Katie on October 30, 2007, 11:47 pm
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>> This is not a question, nor it is political opinion, but the
>> link is posted at the request of an esteemed colleague.
>>
>> Periodically this urban legend pops up. I have received it
>> many times in both my business and personal mailbox. It
>> involves members of congress and social security. I won't
>> quote the entire message, but please go to:
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/taxes.asp
>>
>> and read about congressmen paying into (or not) social
>> security. We of this group ought to help put this one to
>> rest.

> It pops up every few months on
> alt.social-security-disability, and I squelch it with the
> facts (relying heavily on the Snopes page), yet like the
> undead it keeps rising to vex those of us who know better.

As a friend of mine frequently says - Snope before you leap!

Katie in San Diego

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