I Paid Into My Social Security Fund My Entire Life. My Employers Did Too. TAXPAYERS DID NOT... Republicans Plan To Steal Our Savings... Vote Democratic Nationwide to Prevent The Theft.

BOOK: Social Security Works for Everyone!, 

is an evolution of the argument Social Security 

Works co-founders Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson made in their acclaimed first book, 

Social Security Works!

https://socialsecurityworks.org/2021/06/21/social-security

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Kevin McCarthy Says He Will Cut Social Security and Medicare If He Becomes Speaker. Believe Him!

https://socialsecurityworks.org/2022/10/18/mccarthy-

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the White House issued a release on its website —
titled “Congressional Republicans’ Five-Part Plan to
Increase Inflation and Costs for American Families” —
that details how Social Security and Medicare might be
imperiled. Among its points:

The Republican Study Committee, which represents a
majority of House Republicans, has proposed a plan to
cut Medicare and Social Security benefits, including
through privatization and raising the eligibility age.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has called for putting Medicare
and Social Security on the chopping block every five years.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R.-Wis.) has said Medicare and
Social Security should be put up for a vote every single
year.


Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act prescription drug
provisions would increase prescription drug prices by
eliminating the requirement that drug companies pay
rebates to Medicare when they raise prices faster than
inflation and eliminate the IRA’s $2,000 cap on drug
costs at the pharmacy.

Separately, President Joe Biden told a meeting of 

Democratic National Committee members that 

Democrats are going to “protect” Social Security 

and Medicare.

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How is Social Security financed?

Social Security is financed through a dedicated payroll tax.
Employers and employees each pay 6.2 percent of wages up
to the taxable maximum of $147,000 (in 2022), while the
self-employed pay 12.4 percent.


https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/
HowAreSocialSecurity.htm

Vote for Yourself - Your Freedom To Choose - 

Your Freedom to Vote - Your Freedom to Receive 

Social Security, Medicare and Veterans Benefits - 

Your Freedom to Read - Your Freedom to Love -

SAVE AMERICA FROM TRUMP - 

VOTE DEMOCRATIC NATIONWIDE

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/10/vote-4-yourself.html

Remember: Trump Signed the Help Crazy People Buy Guns Law... HJ RES 40...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/40 

If a person gets a Social Security Check due to INSANITY They No Longer have to Report That Fact on a Gun Purchase Background Check... 

MAGA Madman Tried to Murder Paul Pelosi with a Hammer but he FAILED. Here's the Background of the QAnon FREAK. Was He Preparing for an INSANITY DEFENSE by Posting CrazyTalk® Online?

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/10/maga-madman-hammer-time.html

FUND THE POLICE. Now that Marijuana is Legal, I'm Totally in Favor of More Police Arresting REAL CRIMINALS. For Example: TREASON, Insurrection, Murder, Rape, Fraud, Income Tax Evasion, Robbery, Kidnapping, Teenagers with GUNS, muggers, arson, wife beaters, BRIBERY of Politicians and Seditious Conspiracy.

People That DO EVIL Really Need to Be Put Behind Bars... For Example: Donald Trump... #LockHimUP

Trump Failed - Federal Deficit Skyrocketed When He Signed the Tax Cut for the Rich Law. Fight Back! Save America From Trump - VOTE DEMOCRAT NATIONWIDE!

Please Share VOTE DEMOCRAT Memes on Parler, Gab, Twitter, Truth Social, Ello, FaceBorg, Mastodon, Minds, GETTR, LinkdIn, MeWe, Tribel, Tumblr and Instagram... THANKS!

Here are some MEMEs That You May Share on Social Media... Copy and Paste them Everywhere!

 

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Take Action: Sign our petition to expand Social Security!

https://socialsecurityworks.org/take-action-sign-petition-expand-social-security/

Crime is Much Worse in Republican States. Crazy Gun Laws Cause More Murder. Hopeless Poverty Causes Increase in Theft, Burglary and Armed Robbery... VOTE DEMOCRATIC.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem

• The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions.
• In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden.
•  8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century.

Red states report higher rates of violent crime than blue states... 

https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/do-red-states-rank-higher-in-violent-crime-rates-than-blue-states

According to 2019 FBI data, seven out of ten states with the highest per-capita rates of violent crime voted Republican in the 2020 election. In contrast, seven out of ten states with the lowest rates voted Democrat. 

#TrumpIsDead is trending on Twitter after a verified user apparently decided to test moderation of the platform under Elon Musk's reign... 

https://news.yahoo.com/trumpisdead-trending-twitter-verified-user-000443923.html 

What IS Bubble UP Economics and How Does it Work? Simply Raise the Minimum Wage to Fifteen Dollars an Hour and Raise all Social Security Checks 15%. Then all Those people will spend the extra money in their paychecks at American Businesses. Increasing Profits. Making Stockholders Happy! Then those businesses will have to hire more people to handle the extra Customers. Decreasing Unemployment Insurance Payments. Everybody WINS! With EMPLOYMENT AT A JOB becoming a Viable Alternative to Selling Drugs for a Street Gang, Some teenagers will choose Employment... Reducing CRIME... Reducing Costs for Prisons... Reducing Costs for Law Enforcement... People will buy more food for their Children. Causing Better Health and Smarter Kids... Starvation is Not Good for Children's Brains... Farmers will sell More. Truckers will move more merchandise to stores. Increased Competition for Workers will cause Everybody's Wages to Go Up. All those Workers will pay more in Income Taxes... That would make the Government happy... Right NOW, we are having a National Debt Ceiling Crisis because the Government is Spending More that it Takes in with Taxes... Bubble UP Economics would reverse that trend... The Money Bubbles UP Through Every Layer of Society... With a rising tide, every boat floats! We Tried Ronald Reagan's "Voodoo" Economics and It Has Failed... "People" Say That Bubble UP! Economics WILL MAKE Employers LAY OFF Workers... However... Employers HAVE ALREADY LAID OFF EVERYONE THEY POSSIBLY CAN... Have you Ever Seen a Business where People Work There but Have Nothing To DO? Never! 

Who Could Possibly be Opposed to the JOY of Bubble UP! Economics? Well, there are people in this world that have COMPULSIVE HOARDING OF MONEY SYNDROME. It's a Mental Health Disease just Like The Crazy Cat Lady…https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/11/whip-inflation-now-2022.html

How to Whip Inflation Now 2022 [FICTION] Since Raising Prices is a Voluntary Choice by Corporate CEOs... WHAT IF?

[Disclaimer]

"What If We Whipped Inflation by USING ACTUAL WHIPS on the People That are CAUSING The Problem? Maybe They Would "Voluntarily" Choose to Lower Prices? Could Happen!" - Said Silly Billy... 

READ MORE OF THIS SILLY STORY!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/11/whip-inflation-now-2022.html

One of the high points of my life was performing "Uncle John's Band" at the Rainbow Gathering in Idaho. I met a young man and showed him the Chords and Lyrics that I had written down in my spiral notebook... After we played that song, he said: I don't want to learn any more songs, let's just play this one again...

We were sitting in the shade at the "Relaxation Station"... the very first place everyone walked past after leaving the parking lot... A lady was doing Tarot Card readings and we were passing around a bottle of TEA with some kind of stimulant in it... Someone told me it was ephedrine...  it did make me feel alert and optimistic... Since there was a constant flow of people walking by, it made perfect sense to Play the Same Song Again and Again and Again... Give the people what they want... 

There was a big meadow surrounded by forest and most people were camping under the trees. THEN... all of a sudden... the people out in the meadow were pointing up at the sky... dozens of people were talking excitedly and pointing at SOMETHING... So I stood up and walked out to the middle of the meadow and saw... a giant "Sun Dog" rainbow covering half of the sky. Ice Crystals at a Very High Elevation refracted the sunlight to make an astonishing display of colors... That's why everyone was cheering! This Gathering was near the Sawtooth Mountains... a truly miraculous place to camp...

On another day I played the Song "Aiko-Aiko" many times and walked all the way around 5,000 people waiting for dinner. They were sitting in a series of big circles... The Rainbow Gathering serves a big free meal every day in the afternoon. Everyone meets at Main Meadow and relaxes while the Servers dish up the food... Usually a Vegetable Rice meal... In theory, all a person needs to bring to the Gathering is a CUP... because many people put a lot of effort into buying and cooking and there are usually a dozen kitchens set up all over... The concept is that IF EVERYONE BRINGS FOOD AND SHARES, WE WILL ALL HAVE ENOUGH. I brought a couple of cans of Bugler roll your own tobacco and donated it to the "Nick at Night" tribe. They roll up cigarettes and distribute them freely to the group... You certainly wouldn't want to run out of smokes at the Gathering and suffer withdrawal symptoms... It's more fun to simply BLISS OUT and enjoy the bounty...  

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For the Complete Story... 
I went to the gathering with a goal in mind. I wanted to play my guitar and sing in public. Yes, mission accomplished. Living in Chico, California and working at the plastics factory when there was a layoff, my wife suggested that I borrow the car and drive over to the gathering. My friend Mike Jensen wanted to go and so we checked the oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid and water and set out on a classic American road trip. We made it as far as Reno the first day and slept by the side of the road. Read More:
http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/rainbow-gathering-idaho-2001.html

I Wish We Had Studied More Practical Subjects in High School. For Example: Plumbing. While I Have Never Used My Ability to Diagram a Sentence EVER, I Have Needed to Fix a Dripping Faucet.

Clogged Drains in the Kitchen Sink are a Significant Part of Real Life while Calculus is Useless. Classes in How to Balance a Checkbook, Avoiding Credit Card Debt and Filing Income Taxes Would Have Been Valuable.  

One Class they ought to add is Critical Thinking. In a World where there are SO Many People Lying it has been Handy to Know That Logical Fallacies Exist. I Took that Class in College and It Helped Me To WAKE UP! I Realized That It Was a Good Idea to "Think for Myself and Question Authority." For Example: 400,000 People Died from Opioid Overdoses in the USA. But First, They Had to Believe Their Doctor and Buy That Prescription... Remember: Believing Lies Is Not the Best Plan for Life... 

Another Example: "They" Don't Tell You that Owning a Gun Makes Your Family LESS SAFE.  The Increase in Successful Suicides, The Increase in Accidents and The Increase of One Family Member Shooting Another During Arguments TOTALLY OUTNUMBER the Number of Times You Defend Your Family From "Bad Guys." They Lie to You In Order To Increase Profits... WAKE UP! 

A More Subtle Example: TV Advertisements for Prescription Drugs (and Booze, Cars and Trucks) often show Beautiful Young People Doing Ecstatic Dancing! The Hidden Meaning Is That If You Take Their Drug You Will Feel Like Those People in the Ads. Rock Stars, Hang Gliders, Surfers, People Whose Children Just Graduated for College, People Who Won the Stuffed Bear at the Carnival, Mountain Climbers... I Always Turn off the Sound During Commercials and Often it is Impossible to Tell What Disease that Specific Drug is Used to Cure... All I Know is that by Taking The Drug, The Pretty Lead Singer in the Band was able to Cure Her Nausea and Sing and Their Concert was Wonderful... and Everybody Was Dancing WITHOUT DANDRUFF... There is One Ad That Shows BLISSED OUT PEOPLE Releasing Thousands of Fire Filled Paper Bags that Float into the Night Sky... I HAVE Felt Like Those People... ON LSD... However... "One Pill Makes You Larger, and One Pill Makes You Small, and the Ones That Mother Gives You, Don't Do Anything At All... Go Ask Alice... When She's Ten Foot Tall..." - Grace Slick

I Question IF Wayfair Delivers Happiness. Is Consumption of Plastic Crap The Key To True Enlightenment? Did Buddha Use His Credit Card to Order a Load of More, More, More STUFF? Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less.   

One Class I Wish I Had Taken in College was How to Use Microsoft Word and Excel. The Teacher said We Could Simpy Take the Final Exam and Challenge the Class and I Did That. If You Passed the Final, You Didn't Have to Attend The Class. Well, I Wish I Had Learned A LOT MORE about those Programs Because... At Work... They were the Most Often Used Programs... and Some Stuff Would Have been Super Handy To Know... Later, I DID Take a Class in Excel Paid for by My Employer... Because we really used that a LOT. We Created Contracts For The Clients to Sign and All the Contracts Had To Be Identical, But With Different Names, Addresses, Dates ETC. One Day, My Boss Told Me that She Had Esased the Word Document She was Working On... Well, It Is Possible to Find an Old Copy, But I Didn't Know How... I Had Never Accidentally Erased My Work so I Just Didn't Know... That Would Have Been an Opportunity To Be The Hero but...   

A great TV Show is "The UnXplained" with William Shatner. Have any of You Done FIREWALKING? I don't understand how it's possible to walk on fire without doing damage to the feet. I Can Understand Not Feeling Pain in a Trance State but... The Lack of Damage is Unexplainable. My Store Manager at Radio Shack Did Firewalking. They all Chanted and Danced into a Trance and then He Did It. It was a Training Exercise for Store Managers Paid for by the Corporation Because... they felt that "If You Can Walk On Fire, You Can Certainly Run a Store." It Was A Confidence Building Exercise. 

In My Experience Prayer and Meditation has been a Total Failure. Nothing Happens at All. I Have Explored Dancing Myself into a Trance at a Carlos Santana Concert and THAT was FUN... But That was All..  One time We Went to a Five Day American Indian Christian Ceremony. Two Hundred Frame Drums and Six Father Drums. I Was Allowed to Play the Father Drum... That TOO Was Fun But In No Way Did I Contact God. Many of the Other People at That Ceremony Were "Slain By The Spirit" and they Fell Down when the Preacherman Touched their Head... but I Felt Nothing... Of Course, I Have Taken LSD at a Grateful Dead Concert and THAT is AMAZING... and All Other Religious Ceremonies Seem LAME After That Experience... It Really Makes Communion at a Christian Church Seem To Be A PATHETIC JOKE... You Eat The Sacred Wafer and NOTHING HAPPENS... Well, Eat a Sacred Wafer at a Grateful Dead Concert and SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.  Have You Ever Read HAIKU On Acid? You Experience a Tidal Wave of Realization... Meaning... OH! I GET IT! EUREKA! FUN!

Sadly, I Have Never Experienced Anything Unexplainable. No UFO Encounters, NO Near Death Experiences, No Out of Body Experiences, NO Successful Prayer... Nothing... Yes, I ate Psychedelic Drugs and Saw Visions but That is a Real Cause and Effect Event. Not a Contact with God or Extraterrestrials... Even William Wilson, the Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Never Had a Contact With a "Higher Power" without Taking Psychedelic Drugs. He Had a "Religious Experience" While on Belladona and Henbane... now, That's some Powerful Dope! Only to be Used under Doctor's Supervision...  

The Only Thing That That I Have Experienced That is Remotely Magical is the Time Effect of Programming a Computer. I Have Been "In The Zone" While Writing Code or Doing Complex Mathematical Computer Art. At School, We All Found that Time Travels Very Fast. You Start Programming and then an Instant Later, The Clock Shows That Hours Have Passed. I Have Also Experienced an Interesting MOOD After Watching the TV Show "Ancient Aliens" for Many Hours... Makes Me Wonder... 

YES, I Have Experienced an Altered State of Consciousness Because of Sex. An Afterglow Does Happen... That Can be Explained by Darwin's Evolution Theory but... I Prefer to Not Explain it at all, Just Enjoy... Relax and Bliss OUT!

I Remember that one Day in the Computer Lab at School I Was Complaining about How Useless Calculus was and a Student said: "Calculus is Essential to the Design of Atomic Power Plants and Bombs. Without Calculus You Just Can't Do IT!" - SO, Not only is Calculus Useful, IT'S EVIL!

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• Ron Kikuchi I took Boys Foods

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    Tødd Frederick From what I understand, they don't have home ec class anymore.

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  Kat Kelley you 're a genius!

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  Lynn Sanders I guess you weren't in my civics class 1972 where we filled out a federal tax return. Mr. McCloskey

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    Gregory Laan I missed that... GOOD FOR HIM! Wasn't he the Man who Memorized all the students names in One Hour... Live... I Think It Was Him...

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    Laurie Miller Gregory Laan Yes he did!

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  Gregory Laan Remember: Believing Lies Is Not the Best Plan for Life...

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  Tødd Frederick I remember only one time that I had a unit on diagramming sentences and that was in junior high and I was no good at it. But that's not to say that it has no value. Each student responds to different inputs to start thinking critically. Diagramming sentences does have a certain science to it, and it could help some students to become adept at solving problems. But on much more practical terms, communicating in clear English is the foundation of getting ahead in life. Many people of our era can't spell or form a decent sentence or paragraph. So while diagramming a sentence may not be required, all the rest really matters.
  
  I have two degrees. The first was a BA in business. The second was a blue collar associate degree, which puts an amazing amount of food on my table. The neat thing is that I am one of the few in my field who can write a decent sentence. 
  
  A plumber and a woodworker need a firm foundation in mathematics. Both need some business acumen. Some of the best things you need in life to get ahead can't be taught in school, you just pick them up during life, like street smarts.

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  Stephanie Lynott That would be called vocational school, of which there are a few. It is a perfect fit for so many students.

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  Renee DeLay-Harsanyi My brother took wood shop and after he retired from the Marine Corps started his own carpentry and handy man business and did very well. There was also metal shop and auto shop. But you do have to learn geometry to do these.

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    Renee DeLay-Harsanyi And that was thanks to Mr. Sorensen

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  Tobar Bernadette If you would of taking Ag mechanics you would of learned plumbing and other house hold things.

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  Tommy Gleason Absolutely agree with the critical thinking. If only kids could learn this early on, then they wouldn't get duped by the politics, religion, and conspiracy theories.

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  Donovan Rhinehart Four years in Mr. Cassel's Industrial Arts class (Metal Shop) got me further in life than any other class I had in high school. When signing up for classes my freshmen year, the school suggested I take something more academic. Fortunately, I did not. In addition to most aspects of metal fabrication, Mr. Cassel taught his students respect, responsibility, confidence, how to shake hands etc... Mr. Cassel made a huge impact on a lot of kids.

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  Gregory Laan SO, They DID Teach Practical Skills at LGHS... in the AG Department... I Just Missed Valuable Learning by Choosing the Wrong Classes. OOPS!