I am in total amazement, John, that you invoke the history of Social Security as some sort of GOOD thing.
When it first started, FDR gave his solemn promise that contributions would never exceed 1% of earnings (or 1 1/2 %, can't remember exactly what the quote was). Well, 75 years later and we pay in employee and employer contributions more than 10 times that amount (about 12.3%) on about the first $103,000 of adjusted gross income. Once government got their sticky hands on it, it became the behemoth it is today (SS is the largest single area of spending by the federal government). There are similar horror stories with Medicare and how it was originally introduced to the gullible American voters... So, why are you spouting this stuff as some sort of POSITIVE thing????? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > Having gotten the initial 'foot in the door' by passing the Social > Security Act of 1935 against against a similar viscious opposition to > that we see to the current Senate Healthcare Reform Bill, Congress has > subsequently refined, vastly improved and expanded that original Social > Security Act. > > Take a look at the history: > > List of Social Security legislation (United States) From > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Social_Security_legislation_%28Uni\ > ted_States%29#column-one> , search > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Social_Security_legislation_%28Uni\ > ted_States%29#searchInput> > * 1935 - Social Security Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 74-271 > * 1939 - Social Security Amendments of 1939, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 76-379 > * 1942 - Revenue Act of 1942 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1942> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 77-753 > * 1943 - Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 78-211 > * 1943 - Revenue Act of 1943 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1943> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 78-235 > * 1945 - Federal Insurance Contributions Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Insurance_Contributions_Act> , > Pub.L. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> > 78-495 > * 1945 - Revenue Act of 1945 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1945> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 79-214 > * 1946 - Social Security Amendments of 1946, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 79-719 > * 1947 - Social Security Amendments of 1947, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 80-379 > * 1948 - Provision for Exclusion of Certain Newspaper and Magazine > Vendors from Social Security Coverage, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 80-492 > * 1948 - Provision to Maintain Status Quo Concept of Employee, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 80-642 > * 1950 - Social Security Amendments of 1950, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 81-734 > * 1952 - Social Security Amendments of 1952, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 82-590 > * 1954 - Social Security Amendments of 1954, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 83-761 > * 1956 - Social Security Amendments of 1956, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 84-880 > * 1958 - Social Security Amendments of 1958, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 85-840 > * 1960 - Social Security Amendments of 1960, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 86-778 > * 1961 - Social Security Amendments of 1961, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 87-64 > * 1965 - Social Security Amendments of 1965 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act_of_1965> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 89-97 > * 1966 - Tax Adjustment Act of 1966 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tax_Adjustment_Act_of_1966&ac\ > tion=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 89-368 > * 1967 - Social Security Act Amendments, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 90-248 > * 1969 - Tax Reform Act of 1969 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Reform_Act_of_1969> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 91-172 > * 1971 - Social Security Amendments, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 92-5 > * 1972 - Social Security Amendments, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 92-336 > * 1972 - Social Security Amendments of 1972 (Supplemental Security > Income), Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 92-603 > * 1973 - Social Security Benefits Increase, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 93-233 > * 1977 - Social Security Amendments of 1977, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 95-216 > * 1980 - Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 96-265 > * 1980 - Reallocation of Social Security Taxes Between OASI and DI > Trust Funds, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 96-403 > * 1980 - Retirement Test Amendments, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 96-473 > * 1981 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation\ > _Act_of_1981&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 97-35 > * 1981 - Social Security Amendments of 1981, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 97-123 > * 1983 - Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 97-455 > * 1983 - Social Security Amendments of 1983, Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 98-21 > * 1984 - Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_Security_Disability_Be\ > nefits_Reform_Act_of_1984&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 98-460 > * 1985 - Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_Budget_and_Emergency_Deficit_Cont\ > rol_Act> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 99-177 > * 1986 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation\ > _Act_of_1986&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_law_%28United_States%29> 99-509 > * 1987 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation\ > _Act_of_1987&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 100-203 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=100-203> > * 1988 - Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Technical_and_Miscellaneous_R\ > evenue_Act_of_1988&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 100-647 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=100-647> > * 1989 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation\ > _Act_of_1989&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 101-239 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=101-239> > * 1990 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1990> > , Pub.L. 101-508 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=101-508> > * 1993 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1993> > , Pub.L. 103-66 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=103-66> > * 1994 - Social Security Administrative Reform Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_Security_Administrativ\ > e_Reform_Act&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 103-296 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=103-296> > * 1994 - Social Security Domestic Reform Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_Security_Domestic_Refo\ > rm_Act&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 103-387 > <http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/usc-cgi/get_external.cgi?type=pubL&tar\ > get=103-387> > * 1996 - Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senior_Citizens%27_Right_to_W\ > ork_Act_of_1996&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 104-121 > <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ121/content-detail.html> > * 1999 - Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ticket_to_Work_and_Work_Incen\ > tives_Improvement_Act&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 106-170 > <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106publ170/content-detail.html> > * 2000 - Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 2000 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senior_Citizens%27_Right_to_W\ > ork_Act_of_2000&action=edit&redlink=1> , Pub.L. 106-182 > <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106publ182/content-detail.html> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Social_Security_legislation_(United\ > _States) >
