Biggest Lies About Social Security

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 arenow 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 Democrat-

controlled House and Senate.

 

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Q: Which political party eliminated the income tax

deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

 

A: The Democrat Party

 

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Q: Which political party started taxing Social

Security annuities?

 

A: The Democrat Party, with global-warming Al Gore casting the tie-breaking deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US.

 

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Q: Which political party decided to start

giving annuity payments to immigrants?

 

AND MY FAVORITE:

 

A: That's right!

 

Jimmy Carter and the Democrat Party.

Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,

began to receive Social Security payments! The

Democrat 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 that uninformed citizens believe it!  If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted in our "low  information" populace and maybe changes will

evolve. 

 

It's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

 

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