No cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security benefits
It's hard to image how Congressional Participants, Modern Day Tories, on the Super Committee could be any more out-of-touch or simple-headed in retrospect to the times and those in need who rely on this to survive. They, with their entitlements, free healthcare and daily travel expenses to daily paid on your dime per Diem, have no idea what it is like to live day to day on a paycheck. Switch it around, put the shoe on the other foot as I, Gary A. Anderson am suggesting in my bid to possibly run for the Senate and just see how fast they all leave Social Security to Medicare alone, unless it is a way to pay more.
My plan, State to Federal is simple; you get what you work for but that is for another up-coming article. I unlike those looking in; am on Security too, looking out and I understand the burden it will place on all of us but we have the power to change it, sign the petition. Make your voice heard!
This time, we need to save our selves and petition the members on the Super Committee: telling them, Absolutely no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security benefits. Click here to automatically sign the petition.
In the face of massive unemployment, rampant foreclosures, a sputtering economy and widespread anger that the country is systematically prioritizing the needs of the ultra-rich and wealthy corporations over the needs of the other the rest of us Americans! Those who support this plan think the best thing to do is make it harder and more expensive for seniors and the less fortunate to get medical care or pay for their basic living expenses.
Tell the members on the Super Committee: Absolutely no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security benefits. Click here to automatically sign the petition.
“Principles Before Party, Personality, and Profits, with Deeds not Words.”
In-Kind Pol. Adv., for and approved by Gary A. Anderson,
Exploratory Candidate US Senate Fl. 2012
Showing posts with label Social Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Security. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Social Security A Go; Cheap Promises A No!
Social Security was established in 1935 by Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, also known as the (FICA) Program. He made a lot of promises and agreed to many an Earmark in order to get the bill passed. He promised that participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary, that the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the program, that the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year and President Franklin Roosevelt stated that the money the participants put into the Independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the General operating fund. This would make sure that the Social Security Retirement Program stood alone and was free from other government entities to take away from but unfortunately, cheap promises.
Under President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States had Social Security moved to The General Fund and spent by Congress as it was enormous and greed begets promises almost every time. LBJ, promised that the annuity payments to retirees would never be taxed as income.
Then comes along Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr., the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton up to 85 percent of your social security payments can be taxed; the money tree is looking pretty bare by now but as if that is not enough, we all need to see where else our money is or has gone, as it is No longer Voluntary, now pay 7.65 percent of our hard earned dollars into the depleting fund and it is no longer tax deductible!
With all this that has happened, it still is there but only dwindling because those in Congress who are hungry, are using it and this must be stopped, if you wish to save it but first one must wish to keep it and quit spreading all that manure across the landscape!
So, in summing up on the Social Security Fund, we can see that our “Independent Trust Fund” was no longer voluntary, became a taxable annuity, was eliminated from the list of income tax deductions and increased in payments from 1% to 7.65%, to make the funds grow so it could be put into the “General Fund” so Congress could spend it as they may and do!
Then, in the mater of 'Justice for All', our government gave away our annuity payments to immigrants; those immigrants who moved to America, who to were age 65, also received your Social Security payments, even though they never put a penny towards it! That is not only unjustified and criminal but just plain stupid and all under the influence of the Democratic Party!
I am not finger pointing but when the kettle is black, what color do you call it?
“Houston,...we have a problem here...”
(For those of you too young to remember, this was a satirical remark used in saying there was a red herring or a fly in the ointment, coming from any one of the Apollo Space Flights if there was a problem as they orbited the earth), as you cannot keep taking a tasteful of chocolate frosting off the side of the cake every time you walk by. If you do, after a while the frosting is all gone and now you are breaking pieces of the cake off, until it is just crumbs on a plate.
So, President Obama wants to eliminate debt; Remembering back, just three years ago when a then running campaign for President, our now President Obama challenged to his platform of boosting the quality of life for senior citizens making $50,000 or less with a much-needed tax cut.
"If you work hard and pay into the system,
you've earned the right to a secure retirement,”
This rallies the Conservatives, because it is of the truth. Laying a solid foundation for our nation’s future was something seniors had done through self-sacrifice and patriotism in keeping our country safe. Senior citizens, those disabled and all who are putting monies into the Social Security System are putting forth or have put forth their trust in laying down a solid foundation for themselves, to our nations upcoming seniors, and our children, yet under President Obama, when it came time for the stimulus bill, his senior citizen tax cut did a magical thing and completely disappeared!
Famous words from Thomas Jefferson:
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
And it started with Social Security being placed in the General Funds Department.
Prior to this were cheap promises by our men in power. It did not start that way, as it was really just a fund for Senior Citizens and the disabled, until it grew large enough for it to sparkle and others took note; along with a little piece of the action.
It was so easy to take away, so why is it so hard not to put it back to where it started in the first place; as an "Independent Trust Fund!" No Ask, No Tell, No Take away unless you are of eligibility. Take it back out of the "General Fund" and the problem is partially fixed. It starts with that first step and it is not like we are asking for the repeal of Congress giving themselves 100% retirement after one year of service, though if I were in Congress I would say “NO WAY,” I receive it the same as all eligible Americans do, repeal any immigrant any age receiving any monies they have not put into the system and a pay reduction; just for good measure! Let them to work for a piece of the cake and the fund will again begin to grow and that is what our Country needs; economic growth and starting with Social Security, it is a good place to start. No cheap promises, as Florida and the Country Matter to Me!”
“Principles Before Party, Personality, and Profits, with Deeds not Words.”
In-Kind Pol. Adv., for and approved by Gary A. Anderson,
Exploratory Candidate US Senate Fl. 2012
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Don't STEAL MY MONEY; Social Security is mine, the rest is yours
Don't STEAL MY MONEY; Social Security is mine, the rest is yours
First let me say, I am sick of Tea Party this, Republican that, Democrats did this; are we not all Americans? As Americans we are a political melting pot of ideas to which we strive to protect our liberties, look over our beliefs and follow the constitution, regardless of party ideologies. Why can we not, as Americans, not come together and form a general consensus as to what needs to be done, as to what the people want, not what Washington wants.
I too am tired of those in Congress to the Senate and the President, clumping together and calling Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid an entitlement, because you all need to go back to school and learn the difference between an entitlement and a pay per program into a trust, which pays back upon maturity!
As a working American FICA is deducted from your paycheck; every paycheck, put into a fund called Social Security, which is a trust fund. Entitlements are hand outs from the government! Nobody ever got a handout from the government that is on Social Security. Hard working folks, put their monies in and expect it back! It is not for the government to steal!
Medicare and Medicaid are entitlements, as they are programs to which deal out monies to those in need if you meet the criteria. The Government cannot lump Social Security in with this unless you are planning to steal from the future of hard working Americans! The federal food stamp program is an example of an entitlement. I as an American put no monies out of my pay towards it, only Uncle Sam, took this upon themselves. Social Security & Medicare can be included as an entitlement when applied to someone with a disability and they can’t work, so they receive only what they are qualified for under Social Security and are given government medical insurance; Medicare but only after their Cobra benefits are exhausted. Did you hear that Mr. President? The Social Security part of this is only what one put into it, no hand out here; it is my money, not yours. So how can you say you are going to steal it? I should know, I receive less than 10,000 dollars a year plus pay close to 4000 in Cobra premiums and you are going to steal my social security? Too how many more disabled proud Americans are you to screw in the process of getting your words wrong. There is a difference between that entitlement and our American Trust Fund. The intent of the Social Security program is to ensure a threshold subsistence level below which any worker who had paid into the program cannot fail. Mandated by Roosevelt's New Deal, in 1935, it gave the nation's retired a way to pay their bills, without having to have a government hand-out. Forgetting the scare tactics as in the sky is falling on Social, the Social Security system is more solvent than the system reformers would like you to believe. Current estimates are that funds flowing into the system will be greater than or equal to funds flowing out of the system for several decades.
"Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric coming from the right and from President Obama’s own Catfood Commission (aka the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform). The Social Security System is not bankrupt. It has a $2.5 trillion trust fund. Social Security Trustees report that Social Security will be able to make full payments until 2037. Tax receipts will dip below outlays before then, but this is precisely why the Social Security program has taken in more money than it needed, so that it could handle baby boomer retirement and increased life spans. Without any changes, Social Security could cover three-quarters of benefits until 2083 — when people born today will be 73."Richard Warnick"
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman:
" Social Security has been running surpluses for the last quarter-century, banking those surpluses in a special account, the so-called trust fund. The program won’t have to turn to Congress for help or cut benefits until or unless the trust fund is exhausted, which the program’s actuaries don’t expect to happen until 2037 — and there’s a significant chance, according to their estimates, that that day will never come."
…So where do claims of crisis come from? To a large extent they rely on bad-faith accounting. So too all that wish to STEAL YOUR MONEY: shut up and sit down, while finding some leadership and avoid default without using our monies for your mistakes to too many bombs in say, Libya; to what was that cost?
The Medicare benefit would be considered a entitlement, not the Social Security, ever! Other, true “Entitlements” would be governmental social welfare programs, low housing income, unemployment insurance and food stamps. So when you say your going to cut Entitlements, get your Byline Straight; Social Security is mine, the rest is yours, do as you may but do not steal my Social Security!
First let me say, I am sick of Tea Party this, Republican that, Democrats did this; are we not all Americans? As Americans we are a political melting pot of ideas to which we strive to protect our liberties, look over our beliefs and follow the constitution, regardless of party ideologies. Why can we not, as Americans, not come together and form a general consensus as to what needs to be done, as to what the people want, not what Washington wants.
I too am tired of those in Congress to the Senate and the President, clumping together and calling Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid an entitlement, because you all need to go back to school and learn the difference between an entitlement and a pay per program into a trust, which pays back upon maturity!
As a working American FICA is deducted from your paycheck; every paycheck, put into a fund called Social Security, which is a trust fund. Entitlements are hand outs from the government! Nobody ever got a handout from the government that is on Social Security. Hard working folks, put their monies in and expect it back! It is not for the government to steal!
Medicare and Medicaid are entitlements, as they are programs to which deal out monies to those in need if you meet the criteria. The Government cannot lump Social Security in with this unless you are planning to steal from the future of hard working Americans! The federal food stamp program is an example of an entitlement. I as an American put no monies out of my pay towards it, only Uncle Sam, took this upon themselves. Social Security & Medicare can be included as an entitlement when applied to someone with a disability and they can’t work, so they receive only what they are qualified for under Social Security and are given government medical insurance; Medicare but only after their Cobra benefits are exhausted. Did you hear that Mr. President? The Social Security part of this is only what one put into it, no hand out here; it is my money, not yours. So how can you say you are going to steal it? I should know, I receive less than 10,000 dollars a year plus pay close to 4000 in Cobra premiums and you are going to steal my social security? Too how many more disabled proud Americans are you to screw in the process of getting your words wrong. There is a difference between that entitlement and our American Trust Fund. The intent of the Social Security program is to ensure a threshold subsistence level below which any worker who had paid into the program cannot fail. Mandated by Roosevelt's New Deal, in 1935, it gave the nation's retired a way to pay their bills, without having to have a government hand-out. Forgetting the scare tactics as in the sky is falling on Social, the Social Security system is more solvent than the system reformers would like you to believe. Current estimates are that funds flowing into the system will be greater than or equal to funds flowing out of the system for several decades.
"Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric coming from the right and from President Obama’s own Catfood Commission (aka the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform). The Social Security System is not bankrupt. It has a $2.5 trillion trust fund. Social Security Trustees report that Social Security will be able to make full payments until 2037. Tax receipts will dip below outlays before then, but this is precisely why the Social Security program has taken in more money than it needed, so that it could handle baby boomer retirement and increased life spans. Without any changes, Social Security could cover three-quarters of benefits until 2083 — when people born today will be 73."Richard Warnick"
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman:
" Social Security has been running surpluses for the last quarter-century, banking those surpluses in a special account, the so-called trust fund. The program won’t have to turn to Congress for help or cut benefits until or unless the trust fund is exhausted, which the program’s actuaries don’t expect to happen until 2037 — and there’s a significant chance, according to their estimates, that that day will never come."
…So where do claims of crisis come from? To a large extent they rely on bad-faith accounting. So too all that wish to STEAL YOUR MONEY: shut up and sit down, while finding some leadership and avoid default without using our monies for your mistakes to too many bombs in say, Libya; to what was that cost?
The Medicare benefit would be considered a entitlement, not the Social Security, ever! Other, true “Entitlements” would be governmental social welfare programs, low housing income, unemployment insurance and food stamps. So when you say your going to cut Entitlements, get your Byline Straight; Social Security is mine, the rest is yours, do as you may but do not steal my Social Security!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
History Lesson on Your Social Security Card
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:
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----
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 to this page???
Actions speak louder than bumper stickers
THANK YOU JIM SMARR for reminding us all. You can find Jim down Texas way at his 2 Cool Fishing web Forum; tell'em Anderson sent you.
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