DJD, since 1983 the retirement plan for Congress, the Senate, the President and all government employees is the same-- THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, the main two parts of which are SOCIAL SECURITY and the THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN (a form of a 401K Plan with some matching funds). There is a hoax about the special Golden Retirement system for Congress, etc, but it is just that A HOAX and all of them DO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY. Granted, thier salaries are higher than most Government Employess but they don't have any special retirement plan. BTW, their private investments are, by law, all in Blind Trusts which they have no control over until after the leave government service.

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