Yep, I agree, that was a bit of a simplified explanation of Tier One.....

And, yep, some of these sleazy thieves in Congress do want to steal the RR pensions we funded with our much higher RR Retirement employee and employer contributions.

And, as I noted earlier, Bill Clinton and Fatass Gingrich reached a wonderful "compromise", back in the days when they were both "doing the help", to rob some of us. By taking just a little bit, only a few hundred to a few thousand, from people who had done well, and had "earned" other pension rights. Maybe, just because they thought we wouldn't really "miss" it......when it was stolen form us in out years. So stealing the RR Retirement, that you and I "earned" by paying for it, has and can happened.... So that's definitely not FUD.

And, yep, a lot of real RR folks, as opposed to these loser non rail trolls, who actually "worked", and actually "earned" the wages to pay the much higher RR Retirement "taxes", on "their" RR incomes, to pay for "their" pension benefits, need to be aware that there are definitely thieves in this cesspool we call Congress, who are out to rob us.

Ditto existing and future SSA and Medicare folks...... even you young dumb ones who don't know any better, yet....