IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Subject: Social Security?


Do you recall something like this in your youth ?


                            SOCIAL SECURITY:

             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?

                             MY FAVORITE :


            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.

If there's one commercial that makes my head explode, that I hate worse than all the others, it's the one they playing here now where Kerry is all scared about SS "privatization."

OH MY GOSH!  You mean GW BUSH WANTS ME TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR/WITH MY OWN RETIREMENT PLANNING AND SAVING>?????

HOLY SHIT!

What a fuckin' concept.
Scott