In article <68flb2d197u1bpa4k2plr05nkgkgmpr0t2@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote:
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> Our Social Security
>
>
> Many years ago in Seattle, two wonderful neighbors,
> Elliott and Patty Roosevelt came to my home to swim on
> a regular basis. They were a great couple full of
> laughter and stories that today I continue to marvel
> at. Both are now deceased, but their stories remain.
> During the years of our friendship we had many, many
> discussions about Elliott's parents (President Franklin D.
> and Eleanor Roosevelt) and how his father and mother
> never intended for the Social Security and Welfare
> programs to turn out the way they are today. Elliott
> used to say that if his parents returned to earth and
> saw what the politician s had done to their programs
> they would have burned all of them in hell.
>
> Here is a story I received today regarding the Social
> Security Program and I immediately thought of
> Elliott's comments. I Hope you will read
> this and think about it.
>
> _____________________________________________
>
> 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.
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> -----------------------
>
> 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!
>
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>
> Then, after doing all this lying and thieving and violating
> of 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![/color]
I forwarded this to some of my like minded friends and to some who don't
share my views.
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