Simply Politics

Yoda-reading-small[1]This is too true to be funny.
  
 The next time you hear a politician use the 
 Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about
 whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending
 YOUR tax money.
 
 A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
 But one advertising agency did a good job of
 Putting that figure into some perspective in
 One of its releases.
  
 A.
 A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
  
 B.
 A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
  
 C.
 A billion hours ago our ancestors were
 living in the Stone Age.
  
 D.
 A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
  
 E.
 A billion dollars ago was only
 8 hours and 20 minutes,
 at the rate our government
 is spending it.
  
 While this thought is still fresh in our brain…
 let’s take a look at New Orleans …
 It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
  
 Louisiana Senator,
 Mary Landrieu (D)
 was asking Congress for
 250 BILLION DOLLARS
 To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number…
 What does it mean?
  
 A.
 Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans 
 (every man, woman and child)
 You each get $516,528
  
 B.
 Or… If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
 New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
  
 C.
 Or… If you are a family of four…
 Your family gets $2,066,012.
  
 Washington , D.C
  
 HELLO!
 Are all your calculators broken??
  
 Building Permit Tax
 CDL License Tax
 Cigarette Tax
 Corporate Income Tax
 Dog License Tax
 Federal Income Tax (Fed)
 Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
 Fishing License Tax
 Food License Tax
 Fuel Permit Tax
 Gasoline Tax
 Hunting License Tax
 Inheritance Tax
 Inventory Tax
 IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
 IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
 Liquor Tax
 Luxury Tax
 Marriage License Tax
 Medicare Tax
 Property Tax
 Real Estate Tax
 Service charge Taxes
 Social Security Tax
 Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
 Sales Taxes
 Recreational Vehicle Tax
 School Tax 
 State Income Tax 
 State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
 Telephone Federal Excise Tax
 Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
 Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
 Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
 Telephone Recurring and Non-recurringCharges Tax 
 Telephone State and Local Tax
 Telephone Usage ChargeTax
 Utility Tax
 Vehicle License Registration Tax
 Vehicle Sales Tax
 Watercraft Registration Tax
 Well Permit Tax
 Workers Compensation Tax
 (And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
  
 STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
  
 Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago…
 And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
  
 We had absolutely no national debt…
 We had the largest middle class in the world…
 And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
  
 What happened?
 Can you spell ‘politicians’!41giFMnefCL__AC_UL320_SR208,320_

Should we blame Bush for this?

 

       SS Card – did you know?????

HERE ARE TRUE FACTS THAT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF !

History Lesson on Your 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 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.

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 wepaid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ —

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! i-was-wrong[1]