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Show Want SS Answers Before Cut to pull out. And, as Commissioner Commis-sioner Glen Saunders said in a recent interview, the withdrawal with-drawal will be "100 percent." Those who vote against withdrawal with-drawal and lose will also have to "bail out" of the system. Mr. Cooper said many of the employees he has talked with say they have "a gut feeling" that the system is going bankrupt. bank-rupt. AND WHILE older employees em-ployees seem less concerned. Cooper says the younger workers "figure the system will not be viable at the end" when they are retired and need the benefits. "It probably wouldn't hurt them to get out," he said, and they may still receive minimum mini-mum benefits depending on their tenure in the system. IF DAVIS County does withdraw from the system which is not certain at this point -- the DCEA will try and talk the county commission into paying their traditional share for benefits. Cooper said. The scheme would allow employees to contribute a proportional amount of their salary into an alternate pension pen-sion plan with financial support sup-port from the commission. THE PROBLEM, Cooper says, is that the acting commission's commis-sion's decision to cooperate does not necessarily carry over to newly-elected commissioners. commis-sioners. Therefore, if a new commission commis-sion comes up against serious budget problems or faces other financial difficulties, the pension pen-sion funding could be cut. "THOSE ARE the concerns we have." Cooper said, regarding re-garding alternate pension plans. "Right now they (county officials) cannot tell us there is a break-even benefit to getting out." HE SAID the DCEA and the county commission have discussed dis-cussed problems within the Social Security System. Both organizations have agreed that the system is in trouble. "It's a good idea," Cooper said, "that we look into it." IF, IN one-and-a-half years, there are "solid indications" that the system will either survive sur-vive or fail. Cooper said county coun-ty employees will be ready to implement an alternate plan. By Jan. 1, 1984, one month after proposed withdrawal from the system is accepted, money will be transferred from Social Security into an alternate alter-nate pension plan, he said. "WE WOULD have done our groundwork before." Asked about current employee em-ployee support of the Social Security System, Cooper said no employee has approached him in favor of the system. HE SAID since he took over as DCEA president, four or five people have approached him urging withdrawal from the system. The Davis County Sheriffs Office has come out in support of withdrawal and is urging DCEA members to do the same, he said. HOWEVER, IN a joint meeting between the two organizations orga-nizations earlier this year. Cooper said few employees showed up for the gathering. He said a representative from the sheriffs office tried a couple cou-ple of times to get people "up" for the meetings, but there was minimal response. "We just wanted to see what the feeling was among the employees," em-ployees," Cooper said. "I DON'T think it (feeling) was represented." By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON - The president of the Davis County Employee's Association says formal withdrawal from the federal Social Security System will be acceptable to employees em-ployees only when all the advantages and disadvantages of the system are investigated. "SOCIAL Security has a lot of benefits that have got to be looked at before we pull out." said DCEA president Louis Cooper in an interview Tuesday Tues-day afternoon. He said the county commission's commis-sion's decision to apply for v. ithdrawal from the system as early as Dec. 1982 "hasn't really stirred up any feelings within the employees." BUT. COOPER said several employees within the DCEA have asked to study the pros and cons of the withdrawal request. re-quest. Cooper said he has talked with a number of employees w ho are worried that the Social Security System is going broke. Many are worried that they won't get any of the benefits. be-nefits. Most are younger employees, em-ployees, he said. THE OLDER employees, those with sufficient quarters to collect benefits, have not voiced as much concern over the proposed withdrawal, he ' added. Many of the older em plovees. he explained, will sti; receive minimum benefit-even benefit-even if the county pulls out. WITHDRAWAL will be accepted only if a two-thirds majority of the employees vote |