I object to political messages of any hue on a genealogy forum; if you wish
to propagate this sort of thing you should do so either in private emails or
on an appropriate forum. Perhaps other list members disagree with me,
either way I'd be interested to hear their views, if I am in a minority then
I will unsubsribe from the list.
I don't wish to cause offence but have always believed in expressing my
views, I have never been one of the silent majority. I trust you
understand.
Andy Caddell
From: bobcaddell(a)aol.com
Reply-To: CADDELL-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: CADDELL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CADDELL] Social Security
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:42:24 -0400
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't
know this. Its easy to check out if you don't believe it. Be sure and show
it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what's what .
Our Social Security
Many years ago in Seattle, two wonderful neighbors, Elliott and Patty
Roosevelt came to my home to swim on
a regular basis. They were a great couple full of laughter and stories that
today I continue to marvel at. Both are now deceased, but their stories
remain. During the years of our friendship we had many, many discussions
about Elliott's parents (President Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt) and
how his father and mother never intended for the Social Security and
Welfare programs to turn out the way they are today. Elliott used to say
that if his parents returned to earth and saw what the politicians had done
to their programs they would have burned all of them in hell.
Here is a story I received today regarding the Social Security Program and
I immediately thought of Elliott's comments. I Hope you will read this and
think about it.
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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 ncomes 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.
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as
income.
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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 wa s 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. 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 doing all this lying and thieving and violating 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!
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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. How many people can YOU send this to? Actions speak
louder than bumper stickers. Foward this E-mail to others so that they can
be informed of the truth.
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