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History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

Dick Kantenberger
Gifted Education WriterExaminer.com


History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this.
It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it. Be sure and show it to your family
and friends. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter
whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.



Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and
card were not to be used for identification purposes.
Since nearly everyone in the
United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the
message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.


An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message.
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,
No longer Voluntary



2.) That the participants would only have to pay
1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
Incomes into the Program
,
Now 7.65%
on the first $90,000



3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,

No longer tax deductible



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,

Under Johnson the money was moved to
The General Fund and Spent



5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed
as income.


Under Clinton & Gore
Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed


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:


------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----

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.


------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --

Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.


------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----

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 US


------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

Q: Which Political Party decided to start
giving annuity payments to immigrants?


AND MY FAVORITE:
A: That's right!
Jimmy Carter
and the Democratic Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they never paid a dime into it!


------------ -- ------------ --------- ----- ------------ --------- ---------

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.But it's worth a try.

How many people can YOU send this to?

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers


PLEASE DO KEEP THIS ONE ROLLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HOPEFULLY IT WILL OPEN A FEW EYES!!!!!!!
 
Which political party if they had their way we would never even had SS? Or Medicare? Or Medicaid? Or other programs for the poor and middle class?
That's right pretty easy question to answer. Republicans.
 
I suggest you go to snopes and other sites.. Half of this is bull, starting with the first one. FICA was never voluntary . Snopes has this piece of garbage you're circulating and shows what is truth and what are lies.fact xheck itemizes every lie. Don't you ever check before you readily accept things that don't even make sense! Why do you let rightwing sites think for you?
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/03/fdrs-voluntary-social-security/
 
I suggest you go to snopes and other sites.. Half of this is bull, starting with the first one. FICA was never voluntary . Snopes has this piece of garbage you're circulating and shows what is truth and what are lies.fact xheck itemizes every lie. Don't you ever check before you readily accept things that don't even make sense! Why do you let rightwing sites think for you?
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/03/fdrs-voluntary-social-security/

no, because like most cons here, it's all about seeking attention first, thinking about how not to look like the proverbial "moran" second.

Actually, most of them don't worry about it at all, given that so many of them are in the same boat. It's similar to but not to be confused with misery loving company...
 
Which political party if they had their way we would never even had SS? Or Medicare? Or Medicaid? Or other programs for the poor and middle class?
That's right pretty easy question to answer. Republicans.

Social Security and Medicare, unlike Obamacare, BOTH passed with Republican votes.

The Republicans today are simply trying to reform both of those programs, which are unsustainable in their current form.

The answer of course is an individual private account for social security that the government couldn't get its hands on, and that could be left to heirs, and which the owner would have at least some control over, and a voucher system form Medicare that is based on earnings. The lower wage people would get a larger voucher.

You can't change history, which is not favorable to Democrats, so you are trying to change the subject.

So if that's the best you can do, well you'll have to do better.
 
I suggest you go to snopes and other sites.. Half of this is bull, starting with the first one. FICA was never voluntary . Snopes has this piece of garbage you're circulating and shows what is truth and what are lies.fact xheck itemizes every lie. Don't you ever check before you readily accept things that don't even make sense! Why do you let rightwing sites think for you?
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/03/fdrs-voluntary-social-security/

Snopes is a left wing propaganda a site and that's what is bull. Same with fact check which is funded and run by left wing loons.
 
Social Security and Medicare, unlike Obamacare, BOTH passed with Republican votes.

The Republicans today are simply trying to reform both of those programs, which are unsustainable in their current form.

The answer of course is an individual private account for social security that the government couldn't get its hands on, and that could be left to heirs, and which the owner would have at least some control over, and a voucher system form Medicare that is based on earnings. The lower wage people would get a larger voucher.

You can't change history, which is not favorable to Democrats, so you are trying to change the subject.

So if that's the best you can do, well you'll have to do better.
Rewriting history I see. You'll have to do better.
As far as SS and Medicare people should have their own savings, investments above SS but too many don't or can't so SS is a base that helps protect them and their family during working years in case of early death or disability and isn't affected at time of retirement or later by economic meltdowns like in 2008. A voucher for Medicare is a road to shifting cost to the elderly although I wouldn't be against some means testing.
 
Snopes is a left wing propaganda a site and that's what is bull. Same with fact check which is funded and run by left wing loons.

in other words, you can't successfully rebut/refute a damn thing either one of them says on the matter, so you're reduced to establishing that YOU'RE THE GULLIBLE CLOWN AS ALLEGED.

well done
 
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