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?

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!

Some true, mostly false, very complex..

http://www.snopes.com/cgi-bin/news/u...c;f=3;t=000003


Q: Which party put a tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic party.
FALSE

Actually, it was Ronald Reagan, a Republican, who signed a bill taxing
Social Security benefits.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
"The 1983 Amendments

In the early 1980s the Social Security program faced a serious short-term
financing crisis. President Reagan appointed a blue-ribbon panel, known as
the Greenspan Commission, to study the financing issues and make
recommendations for legislative changes. The final bill, signed into law
in 1983, made numerous changes in the Social Security and Medicare
programs, including the taxation of Social Security benefits, the first
coverage of Federal employees under Social Security and an increase in the
retirement age in the next century."

Q: Which party increased the tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic Party with Al Gore casting the deciding vote.

TRUE

Since the statement does not mention any specific bill that Al Gore cast
the deciding vote, it led to an exhaustive search. As a Vice President,
he could have exercised his constitutional powers to break a tie vote in
the Senate.

I did find as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, the
VP did cast a vote in the Senate to break a tie. This Act was a huge bill
that covered everything from agricultural commodities, licensing of radio
spectrum, luxury automobile taxes, fuels, banking, medicare, etc., etc.
The bill passed in the House by a vote of 218-216 and in the Senate by
51-50.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR02264:|TOM:/bss/d103query.h
tml|

Q. Which party decided to give money to immigrants?
A: That's right, immigrants moved into this country at 65 and got SSI
Social Security. The Democratic Party gave that to them although they
never paid a dime into it.

FALSE

http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/ssi.pdf
1972
Public Law 92-603, enacted October 30

It was actually Bill Clinton that signed legislation barring immigrants
from receiving SSI as part of The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This changed the following year
with the signing of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
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Subject: (ot) Social Security
From: Burr
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 03:02:18 GMT

SOCIAL SECURITY:

= = = (Diverd4777) wrote in message
= = = ...
Some true, mostly false, very complex..

http://www.snopes.com/cgi-bin/news/u...c;f=3;t=000003


Q: Which party put a tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic party.
FALSE

Actually, it was Ronald Reagan, a Republican, who signed a bill taxing
Social Security benefits.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
"The 1983 Amendments

In the early 1980s the Social Security program faced a serious short-term
financing crisis. President Reagan appointed a blue-ribbon panel, known as
the Greenspan Commission, to study the financing issues and make
recommendations for legislative changes. The final bill, signed into law
in 1983, made numerous changes in the Social Security and Medicare
programs, including the taxation of Social Security benefits, the first
coverage of Federal employees under Social Security and an increase in the
retirement age in the next century."


DriverD,

Half a Truth and Half a LIE !

Yes - President Reagan Signed the Bill.

A Bill Passe by both Houses of Congress.
- A Democrat Controlled US Senate
- A Democrat Controlled US House
Therefore - The Democrat's bare 2/3rds of the 'responsibility'
for this Bill being Passed and the Taxation of Social Security.
..
..
Q: Which party increased the tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic Party with Al Gore casting the deciding vote.

TRUE

Yes - Blame the Democrats 100% and Al Gore 101% )

Since the statement does not mention any specific bill that Al Gore cast
the deciding vote, it led to an exhaustive search. As a Vice President,
he could have exercised his constitutional powers to break a tie vote in
the Senate.

I did find as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, the
VP did cast a vote in the Senate to break a tie. This Act was a huge bill
that covered everything from agricultural commodities, licensing of radio
spectrum, luxury automobile taxes, fuels, banking, medicare, etc., etc.
The bill passed in the House by a vote of 218-216 and in the Senate by
51-50.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR02264:|TOM:/bss/d103query.h
tml|

Q. Which party decided to give money to immigrants?
A: That's right, immigrants moved into this country at 65 and got SSI
Social Security. The Democratic Party gave that to them although they
never paid a dime into it.

FALSE

http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/ssi.pdf
1972
Public Law 92-603, enacted October 30

Maybe Yes... and may be NO.

Somewhere I remember that the late Congressman Phillip Burton (
D-Calif) was instrumental in getting SSI Payments to foreign
immigrants with Disabilities and Age Related Disabilities.

The problem is in the very 'source' Social Security Administration
Document that you provided.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/ssi.pdf
The use of the word 'person' vice "Citizen".
Social Security Benefit should only go to those who have
Paid into Social Security for a full 40 Qualifying Quarters and
then ONLY be Authorized for US Citizens and Legal Immigrants.
..
..
It was actually Bill Clinton that signed legislation barring immigrants
from receiving SSI as part of The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This changed the following year
with the signing of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html

Yes - Resulting in the Grand-Fathering in all the old recipients of SSI.
Hence no real change in the Law and again making it a Give-Away
Program to Non-Citizens and Illegal Immigrants.
[ Again - One More Democrat "Tax & Spend" Program. ]

~ RHF
..
..
"SSI



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Subject: (ot) Social Security
From: Burr
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 03:02:18 GMT

SOCIAL SECURITY: