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.[9]
look
at yours ! :)
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:
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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 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 Democratic Party.