RE: !RE: Welcome to the Roundtable: Why Reform Now?

[James <jamesk_51@hotmail.com>]

>From: denis gormley  

>>>>Most government workers have held, or will hold, civilian jobs entitling them to SS payouts, but during their (20 or 30)year careers with the government, do not pay into the SS fund, since the federal government has it's own pension plan.

This is somewhat misleading, because Federal gov't employees hired since Jan 1, 1984 are under SS.  And many other older employees have chosen to switch to SS.