“I woke up this morning
and the whole world was backwards. Right is now wrong, illegal immigration is
an act of love, self-defense is not permitted, the rich are evil, God is
banned, the government of the people is out to get the people, the truth is
forbidden, the ignorant are in charge of the intelligent, communism is good,
robbery is overlooked, free speech is regulated, money is evil.”
Illegal aliens have more
rights and benefits than American citizens, personal property is fair game
because it was not earned, it was stolen from the lazy and uneducated, living
and breathing causes the earth to go into global warming Armageddon, criminal
enemies and jihadis are welcomed with open arms through the southern border
with a Club Med socialist red carpet to speed up our demise, sovereignty is
selfish and passé, speaking English is offensive to invading ethnic groups, we
are now global citizens, the flag, the national anthem and the Pledge of
Allegiance are racist, our culture and Christianity are insulting to primitive
cultures who should have stayed in the hell hole they came from if they are
offended, and being American is shameful
and socially unjust.
“Somebody wake me up, this
must be a nightmare.”
Unfortunately it is the
“new norm.” We are brainwashed to this “new norm” every day through
manufactured crisis after manufactured crisis. The low information voters are
convinced that our economy is booming, we don’t have almost 100 million
Americans out of work, there are no discouraged workers, unemployment went down
below six percent, and life could not be better as long as the welfare checks
keep rolling in. Would the cash cow not run out of money eventually, even
printing them ad nauseam?
Data from the U.S.
Treasury show that “Social Security retirement and disability programs have
dedicated resources sufficient to cover benefits for the next 19 years, until
2033. However, the projected depletion date for the Separate Social Security
Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund is only two years away, in late 2016.” Because
in 2016 “dedicated revenues are projected to be depleted and will only cover 80
percent of scheduled benefit payments,” the report recommends that “legislation
will be needed to address this financial imbalance.”
http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2587.aspx
At the end of 2013 11
million people were receiving DI payments. The number of people receiving DI
benefits grew by 0.9 percent. This growth increase reflects the gradual aging
of the population as well as increases in the insured population. (pp. 35-36) http://www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/2014/tr2014.pdf
According to the
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), an employer must withhold three
separate taxes from employee wages:
- 6.2 percent
Social Security tax
- 1.45 percent
Medicare tax
- 0.9 percent
Medicare surtax for employees earning over $200,000 (began in 2013)
The FICA law
requires employers to match the 6.2 percent Social Security tax, the 1.45
percent Medicare tax, but not the 0.9 Medicare surtax. http://www.bizfilings.com/toolkit/sbg/tax-info/payroll-taxes/employers-responsibility-fica-payroll-taxes.aspx
Social Security Disability
Insurance protects more than 160 million American workers with an average
benefit of $1,146 per month (May 2014), slightly above the 2014 federal poverty
line for an individual of $972. “For more than 80 percent of beneficiaries,
Disability Insurance is their main source of income. For one-third, it is their
only source of income.” http://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SSDIBrief.pdf
Secretary of the Treasury Jack
Lew testified before Congress in August 2014, proposing a change in Social
Security funding. From the 6.3 percent contribution,
9/10 of one percent goes to the disability insurance fund which is so tapped
that will allegedly be insolvent by mid-2016. Secretary Lew wants to shift a
couple of tens of one percent from the Social Security fund to the disability fund.
According to Dick Morris, the
disability insurance (DI) fund is stressed by the extra 20 percent increase in
disability recipients. Why is there such a sudden increase of disabled people
under this administration when the U.S. population grew by only 4 points “since
Obama became president?” Morris explained
that this growth is attributed to “shaky diagnoses that are highly subjective
such as back pain, psychological conditions, migraines, and not from serious
diseases such as cancer, heart disease, or diabetes.” He is of the opinion that
funding such subjective claims by “stripping money from Social Security is a
horrible decision.” https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/147f417f22124eda
Social Security’s establishment 80
years ago was necessary to “ensure the security of the men, women and children
of the nation against the hazards and vicissitudes of life.” It is those who
take advantage of the system dishonestly who can actually work but choose not
to, and illegal aliens who draw benefits that are problematic.
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