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Speaker Mike Johnson this is for you.
Concerning Social Security payments, my mandatory contributions were made on every salary I received. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.
I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.
The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes. It was not Voluntary, it was Mandatory!!!
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay it back or interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.
99% of people won't Cut and Paste this to their timelines. Will you?
Please, for the sake of our country, Copy & Paste. It's important.
If there’s a single video you watch today, tomorrow, or hell, anytime,….., watch this. I promise you. It’ll touch your soul, if you have one. It will make you cry, if you shed tears.
@TimSheehyMT speaks for me, he speaks for my decades of military involvement with Iran, he speaks for my friends (alive and dead) that have laid our tears and our blood on desert sands, he speaks to our sons and daughters that have been vaporized or sawed in half by Iran, he speaks for America, he speaks for our God.
He’s talking to you, Democrats.
Buzz, out. 🙏🇺🇸
It’s been 40 days since Mitch McConnell was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher.
Forty days!
A sitting U.S. Senator living off taxpayer dollars has been gone for over a month with no real updates, no public appearance, and no proof of life.
This is so wrong.
If any other job in America disappeared for 40 days with zero accountability, they’d be fired. ▸ Congress should be no different.
We deserve better than secret hospital stays and radio silence from people who collect a FULL SALARY on our dime.
Oh, and please stop with, "Social Security was not meant to be your retirement income, it was meant to be a supplement."
It's insulting to tens of millions of people who worked hard and honest their entire lives and rely on Social Security AS their retirement income, after decades of insane government robbery.
Get off your high horse and understand that taxing Social Security when it was ALREADY taxed is HURTING the people it claims to be helping.
And, even more plain and more simple, for those of us who like to boil things down, Social Security is a cesspool of fraud.
To those who claim it's crazy to want a lump sum payment in the form of a REFUND for every dollar we put into this, take a look at how government protected our 'investment' in ourselves, and then talk to me about CRAZY.
Government TOOK our money and misappropriated the funds.
SOMETIMES intentionally.
ALWAYS without threat of punishment.
The US government quite LITERALLY taxes us to death.
This is CRIMINAL, period.
If the N word is now a punishable word with a prison sentence, make it illegal to use it in Music.
Fine every record label millions of dollars for using it.
Who is behind this? It does not just happen on its own & certainly is not a “software glitch”. Years ago I met a woman working for Delta Airlines who helped me w a delayed flight. She was African American - for the record - since we are talking about race here. When she found out I was a journalist, she told me something she was very concerned about which was that at her other job working for the DMV, she had personally witnessed them registering non-white people as white. I remember her describing how surreal it was , for example, “to have a Mexican man standing in front of you with a Mexican name who only spoke Spanish” & you have to register them as “white”. At the time it did not make much sense but I never forgot it. This woman said something was very wrong & she did not know what to do about it. Now we find it is widespread. To what end?
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.
Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards 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 "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.
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, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re 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 the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and
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
AND MY FAVORITE:
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 Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
Now, 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. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.
How many people can YOU send this to?
Social Security has 6 years before it becomes insolvent.
When Elon Musk ran D.O.G.E. they found enough FRAUD in Social Security to keep it going for a century or more.
We NEVER heard anything about removing the fraud.
Are we still paying fraudulent people?
Our government really hates us.
I agree. They're shoving these Data Centers down our throats.
They're not having a conversation with the American people about anything. They're ruling us not leading us.
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For those wondering... Why the vague updates and slow-walking on Mitch McConnell’s condition?
There was an election law change in Kentucky in 2024. Passed by the Republican legislature and signed by Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear for a reason. If McConnell's seat opens up before Aug 3, they have to hold a special election.
After Aug 3? The seat sits empty for months until January 2027, essentially handing Democrats a free vote in the Senate.
They’re not rushing transparency because timing is everything. The Uniparty Swamp protects its own, even when they’re incapacitated.
Term limits now.
Can you say FRAUD⁉️🤬
McConnell must be either dead or completely incapacitated mentally and otherwise. @DAGToddBlanche This must stop! It’s just plain wrong.
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