nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
Franklin Delano. Roosevelt
> 32nd. President, Democrat
> Terms of Office March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945
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 in would go 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:
>
>
>
> Dwight David Eisenhower
> 34th. President, Republican,
> Term Of Office: January 20, 1953 to January 20,
> 1961
> 1958 was the first year that Congress voted to
> remove funds from Social Security and put them into the
> General Fund for Congress to spend.
>
> It was a Democratically Controlled Congress.
>
> Congress' logic at that time was that there
> was so much money in the Social Security Fund that it would
> never run out or be used up for the purpose it was intended
> / set aside for.
>
>
>
>
> Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th. President, Democrat
> Term Of Office: November 22, 1963 to January 20,
> 1969
> Question: Which Political Party took Social
> Security from the Independent "Trust Fund"and put
> it into the General Fund so thatCongress could spend it?
>
> Answer: It was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat,
> Term Of Office: November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969) and
> the Democratically Controlled House and Senate.
>
>
>
>
> Question: Which Political Party eliminated the income
> tax Deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
>
> Answer: The Democratic Party.
>
> William Jefferson Clinton
> (Bill Clinton)
> 42nd. President
> Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to
> January 20, 2001 Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
> (Al Gore)
> 45th. Vice President
> Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to
> January 20, 2001
> Question: Which Political Party started taxing
> Social Security annuities?
>
> Answer: The Democratic Party, with Albert
> Arnold Gore, Jr. (Al Gore) [Vice President Term of Office:
> January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001] casting the
> "tie-breaking" deciding vote asPresident of the
> Senate, while he was Vice President of the US ..
>
> (Now there's an
> inconvenient truth.) LJM
>
>
>
> James Earl Carter, Jr.(Jimmy Carter)
> 39th. President, Democrat
> Term of Office: January 20, 1977 to January 20,
> 1981 Question: Which Political Party decided to start
> giving Annuity payments toimmigrants?
>
> AND MY FAVORITE:
> Answer: That's right! James Earl Carter, Jr.
> (Jimmy Carter) (Democrat, Term of Office: January 20, 1977
> to January 20, 1981) and theDemocratic 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!
>
>
>
>
> 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 that uninformed
> citizens believe it!
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
> Awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve.
> Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully sure of what
> isn't so.
>
> But it's worth a try.
>
> Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.
>
> AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT FOR
> ONLY SERVING ONE TERM!!!