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HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD

Don't believe this??? Then check it out! Google your questions and you will find that this is true! 

Dick Kantenberger
Gifted Education Writer

Examiner.com
 
History Lesson on Your Social Security Card     
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (and 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 $110,000. 


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 in went to 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:

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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?

(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 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.