A member of Congress who serves 20 years gets $106,380 annually in retirement benefits—over four times what the average Social Security recipient receives after 40 years of work. This investigation reveals how politicians vote themselves gold-plated pensions with automatic inflation protection while threatening Social Security cuts for working Americans. Representative Michael Thompson retired at 62 with $61,380 congressional pension plus $27,000 Social Security plus $18,000 from government-matched savings, while nurse Sarah Johnson gets $23,364 annually from Social Security alone after 40 years of service. Congress gets lifetime health insurance subsidized at 72% while Social Security recipients face Medicare premium increases. The same politicians claiming Social Security is "unaffordable" quietly fund their own pensions at $213,000 per beneficiary compared to $21,000 per Social Security recipient. When Congress needs pension funding, money appears automatically. When Social Security needs help, Americans get benefit cuts and retirement age increases. This isn't public service—it's a wealth transfer to the ruling class.
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