Missouri Farm Bureau
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Kevin Craig - "Liberty Under God"
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| We believe
Social Security should be self-supporting. We oppose any subsidization
of the program from general funds or windfall profit taxes. We believe
all workers, including elected officials and government employees,
should pay Social Security taxes. We recognize each individual's right
to participate in pension plans in addition to Social Security. We
therefore oppose any proposals to place funds from the Civil Service
Retirement System or any other existing pension plan into the Social
Security trust funds. |
The Social Security system should
be abolished entirely. It is unconstitutional, since the Framers
did not give the federal government power to manage anyone's
retirement. The program is unethical and fraudulent. Every dime that
you have "contributed" to the program has already been spent
on federal programs you disagree with. Any private sector corporation
that managed its employee retirement fund the way the federal
government manages Social Security would have its corporate officers imprisoned.
It is a moral and fiscal cancer. It will kill America. |
| We believe
since Social Security was originally meant for supplementary
retirement income, that Social Security funds should not be used to
expand programs or to fund new programs. We urge Congress to separate
the medical programs from Social Security and to finance these
programs from general revenue funds. Such a transfer should be
accompanied by a reduction in Social Security taxes equal to the
amount necessary to fund the medical programs. |
Social
Security: "Just Say 'NO'"
Social Security -- the program and the mythology -- will destroy
America. The program is hemorrhaging red ink. The mythology is the
ponzi scheme; something for nothing; wealth redistribution. |
| We support
action now to eliminate the projected deficit in the Social Security
Trust Fund. |
You won't get it by voting for the two
major parties. |
| We are opposed
to prison inmates and illegal immigrants receiving Social Security
benefits. |
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| We favor
exempting Social Security benefits from the Missouri state income tax. |
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| Current Social
Security surplus income should not be used to offset budget deficits,
but should be segregated from other federal revenues and invested in
real securities. |
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| We believe
self-employed people should be allowed to deduct one-half of their
Social Security costs as a business expense. This would give farmers
and other self-employed individuals the same break currently given to
employees. |
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| We oppose
efforts to end the Social Security tax exemption for farmers who
employ their spouses. |
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| We urge
correction of the inequity in the method of determining earnings of
self-employed persons subject to Social Security taxes when
substantial portions of these earnings are related to a return on
their investment in business property. |
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| We are in favor
of exempting rental income from land rented to a family farm
corporation or partnership from the self-employment tax. |
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| We believe
individuals should have direct control over a portion of their social
security investments. |
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