From: jatonka (jatonka@telenet.net)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 17:23:50 PDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Lane" <tlane@mobynet.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 7:19 PM
Subject: [MV] [Fwd: [Fwd: Remember this at Election Time]]
>
> >
> > 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.
> > [Image]
> >
> >
> > Mog content----vote so we can keep our diesel mogs from being
smogged!!!!
> tl
>
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