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Old 07-26-2013, 10:29 PM
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I am not/was not a member of congress but as a retired federal employee I get those same benefits. I worked for my retirement just like everybody else does. It's not a free ride.
I also was employed by the federal government. I worked at the VA for 36 years finding jobs for veterans. Ours is a very good retirement plan but we do not collect Social Security being under the Civil Service Retirement System. The Federal Employee Retirement System is not quite as generous and is for employees hired after 1986.