Posted on 08/17/2012 5:38:59 PM PDT by SmithL
The campaign of Rep. Pete Stark, the East Bay Democrat in a contested re-election race against fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell of Dublin, confirmed to the Chronicle that Starks children do receive Social Security benefits as allowed under the law, and that he has stopped paying his dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Stark campaign consultant Michael Terris wrote in an email that Stark fought his entire career to protect Social Security from those who would dismantle it. Congressman Stark has been paying into the system for many years. And yes, like all Americans, he and his family intend to collect the benefits to which they are eligible.
Stark, 80, earned his M.B.A. at UC Berkeley in 1960 and went on to make a fortune early in his career starting a successful bank in Walnut Creek. Starks net worth is estimated as high as $27 million and is ranked as the 74th wealthiest member of Congress.
According to the Social Security Administration, 4.4 million children receive approximately $2.5 billion each month because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. Those dollars help to provide the necessities of life for family members and help to make it possible for those children to complete high school. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social Security benefits help to stabilize the familys financial future.
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“Starks net worth is estimated as high as $27 million and is ranked as the 74th wealthiest member of Congress.”
That’s really the most interesting sentence in the article.
Stark is a Marxist degenerate thief and cowardly bully.
Stark campaign consultant Michael Terris wrote in an email that Stark "fought his entire career to protect Social Security from those who would dismantle it. Congressman Stark has been paying into the system for many years. And yes, like all Americans, he and his family intend to collect the benefits to which they are eligible." ...Stark's net worth is estimated as high as $27 million and is ranked as the 74th wealthiest member of Congress. According to the Social Security Administration, "4.4 million children receive approximately $2.5 billion each month because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. Those dollars help to provide the necessities of life for family members and help to make it possible for those children to complete high school. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social Security benefits help to stabilize the family's financial future."
To me, "can be 150% to 180%", implies a minimum of 150%. I know for a fact that isn't true. Either that or I'm getting cheated.
I recently adopted two children and they each get 50% of what my check is, effectively doubling my S.S. benefit.
What am I missing in the equation?
That part was explained to me and when I die, if they are still minors, they will collectively receive 150% of what I receive alone.
I'm a bit confused.
He's not deceased.
He's not disabled.
He's not retired.
Is he just lying?
The US Congress is perhaps the only job in the universe where people spend millions to get a job that pays thousands.
Is he just lying?He is a Rat!
I think he is gaming the SSI “crazy checks” system.
I already knew that Stark is a corrupt old Dem hack. Anything else about him is an Exedrin headache on top of an upset stomach.
Leni
Whattya know. Another Dem 1%-er, worth $ 27 million.
A sitting congressman is collecting SSI disability?
WTF is Darryl Issa on this one?
stark was been a dirt bag fpr years why is anyone surprised???
My impression is that Stark will lose his seat in November, but he is running against another Democrat, not a Republican.
What about my brother’s keeper?
Obama doesn’t even pitch in for his brother George in Kenya.
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