🚨BREAKING: This AMERICAN voter couldn’t have said it any better: “I voted. I was standing in that voting booth thinking about high gas prices, expensive groceries, housing costs and the financial pressure on working families. Then my mind went to France, to Dearborn, Michigan and I realized this election is about far more than gas and groceries.
It’s about our future, radical Islam, national security, illegal immigration, our borders, education, parental rights, sex and gender policies, and the values our children inherit.
I couldn’t see myself voting for a party that hates America, apologizes for our country, is ashamed of our flag, and wants to rewrite our history and abandon our values.
So I voted red, not because Republicans get everything right, always do right by everyday Americans, or are free from corruption, but because I believe we can only fix this country if we still have a country left to fix.
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.
For years, Democrats and their left-wing allies have acted as if basic economics can be bullied into submission with a slogan, a protest sign, and a government mandate.
They demanded higher wages for entry-level fast food jobs, not because every franchise owner suddenly had extra money lying around, but because it sounded good politically.
And that is always the problem.
It sounds compassionate. It sounds fair. It sounds like standing up for the little guy.
Then reality shows up.
A few years ago, the big rallying cry was the $15 minimum wage. Democrats treated it like some magical solution that would lift everyone up with no downside, no trade-offs, and no consequences.
Then the kiosks arrived.
Now, as the push gets even more aggressive, franchise owners and fast food chains are doing exactly what any rational business would do when labor costs are pushed beyond what the business model can absorb.
They are replacing people with machines.
Not because they are evil. Not because they hate workers. Because they have to survive.
A self-service kiosk does not call in sick. A robot arm does not demand overtime. An ordering screen does not trigger payroll taxes, benefits, scheduling headaches, or lawsuits.
That is the part the left never wants to talk about.
When politicians force costs higher, businesses adapt. Sometimes they raise prices. Sometimes they cut hours. Sometimes they close locations. And sometimes, they automate the very jobs Democrats claimed they were trying to protect.
The sad irony is that the people cheering the loudest for these policies are often the same people hurt first when the entry-level ladder gets pulled away.
Maybe leftists should think things through before taking action that makes their own lives worse.
Good intentions do not repeal economics. They just make the consequences more expensive.
After all, folks:
“Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force. Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker’s productivity worth that amount—and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed.” ― Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy
