Claim: Members of Congress receive lavish pensions but are not required to pay Social Security.
Status: False.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp
Another obviously false urban legend sent to me by my sil (and probably everyone else in her address book as well.) The verison she sent me featured Senator Robert Byrd (my senator, BTW) stating the millions he and his wife (deceased) are going to receive when he retires. He's 88 years old and was recently reelected for another six years. Last I heard dead people didn't get much in the line of pensions.
I think my sil believes every bit of garbage that comes to her in box.
Status: False.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp
Another obviously false urban legend sent to me by my sil (and probably everyone else in her address book as well.) The verison she sent me featured Senator Robert Byrd (my senator, BTW) stating the millions he and his wife (deceased) are going to receive when he retires. He's 88 years old and was recently reelected for another six years. Last I heard dead people didn't get much in the line of pensions.
I think my sil believes every bit of garbage that comes to her in box.
