The Pledge

Mr. Smith was 25 years old. He had a decent job, a wife, and a child on the way. It was 3:30 in the morning and he sat at his kitchen table with a pen in hand. He re-read the agreement in front of him...

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I, __________ acknowledge that the federal government is depriving me of my prosperity through the Social Security System. I recognize that they withdraw over 12.4% of my income to supplement retirement income of the elderly. I know that although only 6.2% of my salary is withdrawn from my paycheck, my employer is required to pay me 6.2% less than he/she otherwise would because the government confiscates this percentage through payroll taxes on my behalf. My employer is in agreement with this assessment.

Employer: City of Brendwood Signed___________________

I recognize current Social Security beneficiaries also bore the burden I am bearing now, and with a long life, they might have the opportunity to recover their own belated, though well-deserved, rewards. I also understand that many fewer of the elderly would require Social Security had they been able to take ownership of these earnings earlier in life. I understand that my condition at retirement will be less prosperous because it is more dependent on Social Security. I know this because 12.4 of my life's earnings were preemptively confiscated by the government in the assumption that I was not capable of preparing for my later years, which I believe to be a false assumption.

As an unwilling participant of the Social Security system, I admonish those who have perpetuated the pillaging of America's youth for their own security, and especially those for whom this income is disposable. I do not care to partake in the plundering of my children and grandchildren. As such, I pledge the following:

On my honor, I promise to return 100% of my Social Security income to the Citizen's Retribution Fund.* I also promise that, until retirement, I will continue to pay my 12.4% willfully, with the understanding that this sacrifice is the necessary moral obligation thrust upon us by our forefathers. I pledge to take action to ensure future generations will not be required to endure this sacrifice.

Signed_____________________Date______________________

* The Citizen's Retribution Fund is a private fund that distributes all voluntary contributions evenly to every Social Security payee.

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Mr. Smith signed, placed the letter in an envelope and dropped it in the mail. Then he put on his boots and walked out the door. There was at least a foot of accumulation, white, wet, and thick. It would be a long day at the office.