Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this.Be sure and show it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what’s what. And it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat of Republican. Facts are facts!!!
Our Social Security:
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary.
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program,
3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year,
4.) That the money the participants put into the Independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the General Operating Fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other government program, and,
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the federal government to ‘put away’, you may be interested in the following:
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Q: Which political party took Social Security from the Independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the General Fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the Democratically- controlled House and Senate.
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Q: Which political party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
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Q: Which political party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the U.S.
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Q: Which political party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants? MY FAVORITE:
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, they began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them even though they never paid a dime into it!
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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away! And the worst part about it is, uninformed citizens believe it!
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, some people are awfully sure of what isn’t so.
But it’s worth a try.
How many people can YOU send this to?
Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.
AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT FOR ONLY SERVING SIX YEARS !!!
‘A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.’
—-Thomas Jefferson—-
Who spent all of the Socil Security money?
The Republicans
Huh? Democrats controlled both houses of Congress for nearly 40 years up until the Republican Revolution in 1994. How would the party out of power be able to control the purse strings? Republicans are only guilty of not abolishing (or at least reforming) the system when they had the power to do so.
The democrats have cheated and swindled ever since they have been in power. Giving social security benefits to people who have never paid into social security. Also giving WIC vouchers for mothers to buy food & formula for babies. If the baby is born in America is automatically citizen. And mother becomes a citizen because of the baby. Go to a grocery store and watch while they use prepaid cards (same as old food stamps) and buy food that we Seniors can’t afford on our Social Security checks. And now “they” want to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare. I say cut illegals who use the system and are getting what all of us who worked for years paid into and now are in danger of losing.