I love email.

This was in my work email this morning:

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.
> >
> > 2.) That the participants would only have to pay
> > 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
> > incomes into the Program,
> >
> > 3.) That the money the participants elected to put
> > into the Program would be deductible from
> > their income for tax purposes each year,
> >
> > 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,
> >
> > 5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees
> > would never be taxed as income.
> >
> > 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 in to 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?
> >
> > AND MY FAVORITE:
> >
> > A: That's right!
> >
> > Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
> > Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
> > they 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. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully
> > sure of what isn't so.
> >
> > But it's worth a try. How many people can
> > YOU send this to?
> >
> > Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.
> >
> > AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT
> >
> > FOR ONLY SERVING ONE TERM!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 'A government big enough to give you everything
> > you want,
> >
> > is strong enough to take everything you have.'
> > -Thomas Jefferson