Some Notes On The Social Security Card

Some Notes On The Origin Of
The Social Security Card

I doubt very
seriously if this will get around to
very many of those uninformed but its worth a try.

Lots of good info here.

Dick Kantenberger

Gifted Education Writer

Examiner.com

History Lesson on
Your Social SecurityCard

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:

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 US

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!

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? 

Actions speak louder
than bumper stickers!

Frank Hooper
Cell Phone 408-398-4057
OFFICE FAX  1-408-734-2002
e-mail fghooper38@earthlink.net

“In this present crisis, government
is not the solution to our problem;
government is the problem.”
–Ronald Reagan