3rd ANNUAL CCA CONCERT /HANK WILLIAMS JR/SAM HOUSTON PARK

3rd ANNUAL CCA CONCERT FOR CONSERVATION WITH HANK WILLIAMS JR MAY 17th,2014

Subject: Advanced Tickets and 4 Pack Special: CCA Concert for Conservation with Hank Williams Jr. - May 17

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Advanced Reserved and Advanced General Admission tickets
can be purchased here
4 Pack of General Admission Tickets for $99 can be purchased here

The concert will be held at Sam Houston Race Park, located at 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway West, Houston, TX 77064. Doors will open at 5:00 pm,
with the first performance going on at 6:00 pm. Food and beverages will be
available for purchase. Concert attendees are welcome to bring their own
lawn chairs and blankets, but lawn chairs will also be available for purchase
at the event. Get your tickets now, as we are expecting a big crowd!

Superstars highlight 2nd Annual CCA Texas Concert for Conservation

: Superstars highlight 2nd Annual CCA Texas Concert for Conservation

Superstars highlight 2nd Annual CCA Texas Concert for Conservation Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen headline May 18 event HOUSTON (March 7, 2013) — Tickets are on sale now for the second annual Concert for Conservation scheduled for Saturday, May 18, at Sam Houston Race Park. This year, Coastal Conservation Association Texas (CCA Texas) has partnered with Sam Houston Race Park to put together a superstar lineup that will offer fans a wide variety of country music from featured artists Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll and Ray Willie Hubbard.       “We’re proud to be partnering with Sam Houston Race Park this year to put on the show and very excited about the performers who are scheduled to appear. We have something for every country music fan at this concert,” said Robby Byers, executive director of CCA Texas. “At the same time, we have so many exciting conservation projects and habitat initiatives happening within CCA Texas – it’s a great event to welcome a whole new group of prospective conservationists into the fold and introduce them to CCA.”      Early-bird tickets are available now until March 17th online for $18 from CCA Texas (http://www.ccatexas.org/) and from the Sam Houston Race Park website, http://www.shrp.com/. From March 17th to May 17th, tickets will be available online for $25, while tickets at the door will cost $35. All tickets come with a membership in CCA Texas. VIP tickets, which offer a special section in front of the stage, parking pass, and access to private beverage stands and restrooms, are available for $150 each.      The Concert for Conservation will take place on the infield of the race track and Sam Houston Race Park will offer a variety of food and beverage concessions so that music fans can fully enjoy the experience. The concert will be a general admission, standing-room only, open-air event open to all ages, rain or shine. Lawn chairs and blankets are allowed for the Concert for Conservation, and be sure to visit http://www.shrp.com/ for a complete list of items allowed at the venue.      “This event is a great opportunity for us to see a lot of our old friends and introduce many others to the Coastal Conservation Association," said Byers. “We look forward to seeing everyone out at the Sam Houston Race Park on May 18 – it’s a great venue to hang out with friends and spend an evening enjoying some good music for a great cause.”

SOCIAL SECURITY RENAMED

SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT'/ENTITLEMENT!   Have you noticed, your Social Security check is now referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment"?   I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.   I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you.   Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.   The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a “Federal Benefit Payment.” This isn’t a benefit – its earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.   It totaled 15% of our income before taxes. If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security.   If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both your and your employer’s contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved! This is your personal investment.   Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month.   That’s almost three times more than today’s average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration (Google it - it’s a fact).   And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)! I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts.   Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever did. They took our money and used it elsewhere. They “forgot” that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn’t have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them.   And they didn’t pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently, they’ve told us that the money won’t support us for very much longer. But is it our fault they misused our investments?   And now, to add insult to injury, they’re calling it a “benefit,” as if we never worked to earn every penny of it. Just because they “borrowed” the money, doesn't mean that our investments were a charity! Let’s take a stand.   We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government –   Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going, for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it.   Then call it what it is:  Our Earned Retirement Income.   99% of people won't forward this. Will you?