Joyanna Adams

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Nobody’s Email: The REAL History of Social Security

Nobody Gets Email

 Here’s  an email I got a few days ago…it had a few surprises in it for me…it’s worth a quick read. I know, I thought it was very hard when I was a musician to have to pay double SS payments, because I was “self employed.” For people like musicians or Physical Trainers, or independent contractors,  it can be brutal.

(Thanks to Pattie)

 A History Lesson on Your Social Security Car—1934-1980

 With the elections just a little over 3 months away you’ll soon be hearing some Democrats running for political office, warning how the Republicans want to take away the old people’s Social Security.

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 of Republican. Facts are facts:

Social Security Cards, issued in 1934, and up until the 1980’s expressly stated the number and that 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.

When 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 (Double for self-employed.)

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.

Under Johnson, another Democrat, 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, Democrats, Up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxes.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month–and then finding out that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ for us—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. 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 away your Social Security. And the worst part is: uninformed citizens believe it!

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted.

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.

 

 

September 7, 2012 Posted by | democrats, Social Security | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Can’t Afford an Aston Martin? Now you can…

Nobody Cares

Time for something really silly. There is a German who has put his recently crushed his Rapide Aston Martin, and it can be YOURS…for only $12, 620. You KNOW somebody is going to buy that…

Nobody also wants to note, that somebody is going to buy Ivanka Trump’s new deal, where she will give you this extremely ugly purse, and throw in a wallet to match, IF you stay in her Trump SoHo Hotel in New York City.

You know how I feel about ugly purses. I am on a mission to expose them all.

Ivanka will also give you a “personal” note to go with that ugly purse.

Nobody Thinks: This is good news. The meek SHALL inherit the earth if the rich keep trying to make money off of really ugly stuff. Have good heart all you liberals…Our time will come. Jesus was right.

September 7, 2012 Posted by | fashion, humor, Uncategorized | , , | 4 Comments

Obama…Father, President, Marxist: Failure

Nobody Remembers

Last night, I thought Bill Clinton gave the best speech of his life…even though it was full of lies. I thought it was his way of making sure that everyone knew..Bill Clinton would still be a better President than Obama.

There is something about Bill Clinton that just gets my blood boiling, and not because he wanted to prove to the world that he should be President…again.

Tonight, when I got home from dinner just in time to hear Barack’s speech, I only heard a few words, and it was clear…short of a coup, Barack is finished. He gave his usual. …Marxist…Everyone will have EVERYTHING …if you give me four more terms like FDR, speech.

You know…Bill Clinton had that same problem. He wanted to STAY President. The fact that their terms are up in four or eight, just kills them.

Barack’s speech was so lame, I suppose I should feel really good about it…but I don’t. The people in that audience loved it…but you have to be almost a complete moron to not know that Obama can’t do any of those things he wants to do. He’s insane.

As the great political pundit Doug Powers once told me,  “It’s Romney’s to lose.” and I agree. And I’ll tell you why.

The country is worse than any of us realize.

My husband had the week off. Yesterday, we went to the MOST expensive mall in the St. Louis area. This is a big Mall..with two levels of name brands like Macy’s, Victoria Secret, Eagle’s…you know these kinds of Malls are all over the country. We walked for over two hours we walked, and we saw about three other people.

There actually were ten times more people working at that mall than shopping in it.

Today, we went to the zoo. The zoo is free…unless of course you don’t want to walk four miles…in that case parking is $15.00. It’s one of the best zoo’s in the country…and cost a fortune in upkeep. But, I’d say there were again…more people working there than visitors. And it was 86 today…a beautiful day. Even just five years ago, the zoo would have been packed. Sometimes we saw nobody walking around.

But the real devastation of the country hit me tonight. I don’t go downtown much, but in order to celebrate our 20th anniversary, my husband and I decided to go to my favorite fancy restaurant. It sits high atop a hotel right on the Riverfront in Downtown St. Louis. What is so cool about this restaurant is that the whole floor resolves around, it takes about an hour, and you can see the whole city. Picture being on the Empire State Building, having dinner and being able to see all the lights in the city from any direction. 

Only…St. Louis is not New York. The desertion on the streets below were almost…scary. It was almost like I was expecting zombies to come walking out of abandoned apartments.

There were four couples in this restaurant which can hold at least fifty tables.

Our meal: lobster & steak: $275. (with tip)

That’s the most we have ever spent on a meal in our lives. We kept telling ourselves “Well hey…20 years…We’re worth it!” But the truth is, in my mind I was thinking, it felt like our last “meal” …..We might never be able to do that again, might as well have one last wish.

On the drive home, I asked my husband to drive a different way home…I wanted to sight see the old city again.  We went past my mother’s old Printing Company, which is now a motorcycle museum. I had to laugh when I saw a bright blue neon line lighting up the whole roof. It’s look like a big Mexican souped Chevy threw up all over the WWII deco.

“Keep going down this street” I said, “I want to see the old mansions.

Let me explain.

In 1904, St. Louis had a World’s Fair. They had countries from all over the world, and all the states were represented. Some of the houses on this street are filled with old mansions left over from that er

Most of them have no fewer than 36 rooms. They truly are beautiful…I know, I’ve seen the insides of some of them.

Tonight, as we were driving, I was looking at the mansion, and in one of them. I saw a big Screen TV. And in front of that screen was a black man watching…no doubt the Democratic Convention

This house is at least a $10 million dollar home.

And that’s why, I don’t’ understand it, when the race card is played.  We have more black millionaires in the country than white, in accordance to the percentage of the racial population, and yet they keep up the shrill of “free education, free houses, free this…free that.”

It’s really…just legal extortion. Done in the name of racial equality.

When we got home, I was glad to kick off my high heels…(Shoes I no longer like to wear) and turned on the Cable just in time to see the Patriotic theme of Obama’s speech…(What was that picture of stained glass going around the internet?) as if putting the American flag behind you is going to make any of us believe Obama is a patriot.

“I’m not a candidate, I’m President.” he proclaimed to large applause.

Nobody Thinks THAT is Obama’s biggest failures is—his own delusion. America’s cities are dead.. It truly is worse than we all thought. Communism will not solve our problems.

If Obama remains in office, we will never be America again.

God then help us all.

September 7, 2012 Posted by | economy, Elections, Obama, Uncategorized | , , , , , , | 6 Comments