From: Terry Lane (tlane@mobynet.com)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 16:19:31 PDT
>
> Subject: REMEMBER THIS AT ELECTION TIME!
>
> Really Something!!
>
> 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.
>
> 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 U.S.
>
> Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving
> annuity payments to immigrants?
>
> A: That's right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic
> Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at
> age 65, began to receive SSI Social Security
> payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments
> to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
>
> Then, after doing all this lying and thieving and
> violation 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!
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during
> this 2004 election year!
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
> awareness will be planted and maybe good changes
> will evolve.
>
> How many people can YOU send this to?
>
> Keep this going clear up through the 2004 election!!
> We need to be heard!
>
> Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come
> to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
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>
>
> Mog content----vote so we can keep our diesel mogs from being smogged!!!!
tl
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