Wednesday, February 15, 2012

FW: SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED A FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT!



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 >Subject: Fw: SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED A FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT! > > >----- >>Subject: Fw: SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED A  >>FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT! >> >>Subject: SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED A FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT! >> >>Yeah, the government took our Social Security  >>money years back to cover a “shortfall� in  >>the budget.  (The government had a budget in  >>those days) Would that be called a “reverse  >>stimulus� today, since that money came from  >>the people?.  Now they want us to think it is  >>government money they are sending to those of  >>us who receive Social Security each  >>month.  Sadly many people have been brainwashed  >>to think that, too.  And now, we pay taxes on it again. DEH >> >>Subject: SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED A FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT! >> >> >> >> >> >> >>          PAYMENT/ENTITLEMENT! >> >> >>              Have you noticed, your Social Security check is now referred >>          to as a "federal benefit payment"? >> >>              I'll be part of the one percent, to forward this, our >>          government gets away with way too much in all areas of our >>          lives, while they live lavishly on their grossly overpaid >>          incomes! KEEP passing THIS AROUND UNTIL EVERY ONE HAS READ >>          IT..... >>              SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THIS >>          CALCULATION IS THEY FORGOT TO FIGURE IN THE PEOPLE WHO DIED >>          BEFORE THEY COLLECTED THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY!!!!  WHERE DID THAT >>          MONEY GO????????????? >> >>              This was sent to me, I am forwarding it because it does >>          touch a nerve in me. >> >>              This is another example of what Rick Perry called "TREASON >>          in high places"!!!  Get angry and pass this on! >> >>              Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but >>          your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income before >>          taxes. If you averaged only $30K over your working life, that's >>          close to $220,500. >> >>              If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year (yours >>          & your employer's contribution) at a simple 5% (less than what >>          the government pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 >>          years of working you'd have $892,919.98. >> >>              If you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $26,787.60 >>          per year and it would last better than 30 years (until you're 95 >>          if you retire at age 65) and that's with no interest paid on >>          that final amount on deposit!  If you bought an annuity and it >>          paid 4% per year, you'd have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per >>          month. >> >>              The folks in Washington have pulled off a bigger Ponzi >>          scheme than Bernie Madoff ever had. >>              Entitlement!   I paid cash for my social security >>          insurance!!!! Just because they borrowed the money, doesn't make >>          my benefits some kind of charity or handout!! >> >>              Congressional benefits ---- free healthcare, outrageous >>          retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid >>          vacation, unlimited paid sick days, now that's welfare, and they >>          have the nerve to call my social security retirement >>          entitlements? >> >>              We're "broke" and can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, >>          Orphans, Homeless. >> >>              In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and >>          Turkey.  And now Pakistan ......home of bin Laden.  Literally, >>          BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!! >> >>              Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no >>          aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and >>          religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s >>          and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries! >> >>              They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even >>          though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives >>          and now when it’s time for us to collect, the government is >>          running out of money. Why did the government borrow from it in >>          the first place? Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same >>          support they give to other countries. >> >>              Sad isn't it? >> >>              99% of people won't have the guts to forward this.  I'm one >>          of the 1% -- I Just Did. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- >>No virus found in this message. >>Checked by AVG - <http://www.avg.com/>www.avg.com >>Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2112/4792 - Release Date: 02/06/12 >> >> >> >> >>----- >>No virus found in this message. >>Checked by AVG - <http://www.avg.com/>www.avg.com >>Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2112/4792 - Release Date: 02/06/12 >> >> >> >> >= >