History of Social Security.

I got this information by looking up a history of the different presidents that have served since SSI was formed, by President Franklin D. Rosevelt. It's quite informative and the one thing that I want you to remember is that OUR ELECTED CONGRESSMEMBERS AND SENATORS DO NOT PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE RETIREMENT FUND WHICH IS PAID FOR BY US. In addition we pay for their health care and they only pay $1.25 per day for child care, we pay the rest.

If Obama wants to do something about social security he will annex the Legislature's retirement fund and put it into Social Security and make the Legislature pay into SSI as all other American citizens are required to by FEDERAL LAW. Who the fuck do these people think they are? If you do not vote out the career politicians this is your fault. If you don't vote then don't bitch about what's going on because you let it happen!

Social Security was establish by President Franklin Delano Rosevelt Democrat 32nd President from March 4, 1933 to April 12,1945. died in office.

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 $1,400.00 of their annual income into the program.

3.That the money participants elected to put into the program would be deductibale from their Income for Tax Purposes each year.

4. That the money 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 PROGRAM, and no other Govenment Progam, and

5. That the Annuity Payments to Retirees would NEVER BE TAXED!
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and now people receiving a Social Seceurity Check every month are finding that they are getting TAXED on 85% of the money WE paid to the Federal Government to "put away".

THEN

President Dwight David Eisenhower 34th President Republican Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

In 1958 the Democratic controlled Congress, not the President, voted to REMOVE THE FUNDS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY AND PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR CONGRESS TO SPEND. A veto ended it.

Their logic being: At the time there was so much money in Social Security it would NEVER RUN OUT or be used up for the purpose it was inteded for.

WORSE STILL

Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th President Democrat Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Under President Lyndon Johnson the Democratic Congress took Social Security from an "Independent Trust Fund" and put it into the Genral Fund so that Congress could spend the money.

THE STRAW THAT BROLE THE CAMEL'S BACK

President James Earl Carter 39th President Democrat Jan 20, 1877 to Jan 20, 1981

This is probably the number one reason that Carter is remember as the worst President this country has ever had.

With the help and support of a Democratic Congress and Senate President Carter and both Houses changed the law and allowed Illegal Immigrants to receive Social Secuity Paymets, EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER PAID A DIME INTO THE FUND!

WHICH PARTY ELIMINATED THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS

President William Jefferson Clinton 42nd President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. 45th Vice President Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 29, 2001

That's right Slick Willie and Dull Al removed this deduction from us. At the time of the vote there was a 50-50 divisions to pass this resolution, being a tie, the "President of Congress" (the Vice President) is called to cast his vote to break the tie and Al voted for elemintating this tax deduction.

Now, the Democrats are telling us that the Republicans are trying to take away Social Security.

I used to be a die hard left wing liberal but, after the 1976 election when new Democrats were running for offices and all of them pledging to not become career politicians as the ones they were replacing, they became the same entrenched problem.

I am, now, an Independent Voter and I will never get over being Pissed at Ross Perot. Not because he did not become the president but because he had the chance to establish a VIABLE 3rd Party and,droped out. With a 3rd party we would not have to settle for whomever the National Parties chose for us.
In the next election, PLEASE, VOTE OUT THE INCUMBENT!!!
An old saying from the 60's is appropiate here: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Thomas Jefferson 3rd President Democrat Jan 20, 1777 to Jan 20 1781

"A GOVERNMENT BIG ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT, IS STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE EVERTHING YOU HAVE".

The Democratic Congress and Senate have voted not to give Social Security receipents a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA's) for their reasoning that the cost of housing, gas and other esenticials have not risen enough to warrent one.
My sister receives Social Security Disability and even with Medi-care she can still not afford her prescription medications, did our politicians ever consider that fact?
They can give away Billions of $ to bail out banks and auto companies but they have refused to act to make the banks have programs that make that same money available to us, the customers. They have refused to impliment a halt to the practice of Credit Card Companies (Banks) from gouging us with unbelievable intrest rates. One company told me my rate was going to increase from 13.5% to 21.8% and I've always pay them off monthly. Cancel one Card!
It will be interesting to see if they with hold the COLA's from all people elligible to receive them like the Veterans of our country, all governmental employees and most importantly, themselves.

Unfortunately, the USA is like the Titanic. Hit the proverbial iceberg and is sinking fast.

Nobama is leading one of the biggest CITIZEN SHAKEDOWNS in USA history, and the apathy showed by many Americans about it is disgusting.

There are simply too many examples to point out showing how this charleton is spearheading the fall of our once great nation.

As a result, I have decided to divest myself completely from the USA and migrate to Thailand in the near future.

Best of luck to all Americans who choose to stay behind.

EroticSynergy,

You forward the arguments and ideas I expected to read.
Furthermore you certainly know, that persons in Thailand are also suffering from several crisis and problems. I even strongly believe they are facing more different types of problems.
We cannot discuss the current situation in the world and in the US especially. It is too complexe doing it here and now, but there is no other place to go for getting rid of these problems, because every country is concerned.

I have been living in Thailand about eight months per year for business reasons for ten years. I am not unhappy about it. I would change it, if I were.

I have seen a lot of language teachers, consultants, persons doing in import and export coming and going again. I expect you not to be such a naive guy.
If you have no expertise, which is requested in Thailand, if you do not create jobs and if you have no mentionable fortune on your bank accounts, then nobody is waiting for you here. Generally the best preparation is, when you have made your money already.

All the best for you
Luli

I think the U.S.ofA. is the best country in the world: Thanks to Our Constitution. That one document is the only thing that seperates us from any other country but it is in danger of being changed and abused by which ever political party is in power, at the time.
The problem with our Republic is that when it come to making the day to day decisions we have elected officals whom we trust to do the job. But, they're open to influence from special interest groups and others with the money to buy them.
The PROBLEM with the American govt is is that the people we elect to change the laws continually change them to benifit themselves and not the people of the country. There are only two clases in the world: The Haves and the Have Nots, the rest of us are just cuasualities of war.
The Elietists of the world are so out of touch with reality they really don't see themselves ass the problem and acutually believe they know what's best for us.
Until the American people demand a legitimate 3rd Party we are always going to be fucked by one party or the other. And we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Many German drivers, I'm told, refer to American drivers as sheep: for the way people love to drive in groups of cars. Well most American's are sheep. They haven't had to fight or struggle for what they have and would rather some one else do the job for them. Until Americans learn to think for themselves, instead of sound bites, we'll continue to have this problem.
Even while in the U.S. Army I was free to write letters to newspapers and magzine voicing my disaproval of the current government at the time. I don't think there's another country in the world you can do that and not get in trouble.
But I still think America is the best.

Only having a few visits to Tijuana, I can't say whether the U.S. is the best country in the world but I can comment on the Americans as sheep.

Name one country where the citizens aren't sheep to politics, religion, or both? Impossible.

America will likely never get a valid 3rd party as Americans are too tuned into their media and the Democrats/Republicans effectively control the media. They are now trying to gain control of the Internet and turn it into a money vehicle.

You have it right about the Have vs. Have-Nots. That's the way it is; that's the way it will always be until a global change occurs. money makes the world go around.

I want to thank everyone who has posted here.

I have been to many different countries from Thailand to the Ukraine, Alaska to Venezula and through out the Carribean countries and no country has the freedoms that American citizens take for granted. Hell, while I was in Marioupoul, Ukraine, a bunch of high-school kids asked me if I would talk politics with them and they knew more about America than 98% of Americans know.

Americans are soft and lazy. for the most part, hell look at the way kids and parents are overweight and don't get any exercise. Hot water, food and all the other stuff that a "Civilized" country are supossed to have. But not all Americans have thoses benifits and a lot of people that used to enlist in the military as a way of earning those benifits are no longer motivated to go that way. Why, because the American Elietist Party is trying to destory the livelhood of all the rest of us. American companies left America because the unions got so strong, off Democatic union members, that a company couldn't afford to hire Americans so they shipped the jobs overseas or to Mexico. Now the Democratic Congress is trying to increase the number of employee Visas to allow more Legal Aliens to take away more jobs.

It is my belief that the worst thing this country has done is to do away with the draft. Men knew they had three choices: get a job and get married and start a family, go to college and get good grades or get drafted. The draft motovatied 90% of American men to do something with their lives and it sure as hell made them pay attention to the news. It made American pay attention to what was going on in the country and the world. Now, no one cares.

It's a sad state of World affairs when one country has to be picked to be the cop of the world and we've accepted that role. Not that it's bad but it's a sad comment on the rest of the world to say they don't give a shit about anyone but themselves. Have you seen the movie "Hotel Rawanda"? That movie explains a lot. And the doucermentary "Rules of Engagement: the FBI at Waco" explains a lot about the situation in America.

People talk about how "dirty" and corrupt Republicans are but the Democratic party is ripe with corruption and since the media is an arm of the Democratic party we never hear the complete truth on any subject. News is no longer news, it's an editorial on how the station manager feels, there is no objectivity. That's why Obama hates FOX News, they're giving us the bad news and not the party line.

Last night there were some elections in some other states and it went poorly for the Democratic Party. People are tired of the Government bailing out banks and auto companies and not helping the people get back on their feet. Hopefully, in the elections next year, more career politicians will be voted out of office.

I'm not religious but I do pray: I'm praying that things get better. I know all prayers are answered I'm just hoping the answer isn't no.

Coming back to the point "The best country", may be you have a look here.

Furthermore it might be quite interesting also having a look here.

Everything is relative, but phrases are simply too easy.

Toni