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    History  Lesson on Your Social Security Card
 
 Dick Kantenberger
Gifted  Education Writer Examiner.com <https://portal.mdot.maryland.gov/,DanaInfo=examiner.com+>
 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.
  
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? Can you believe---
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  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-- uninformed citizens believe  it! If  enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be  planted and maybe changes will evolve.
But  it's worth a try. How  many people can YOU send this to?