# Related Trends Back to [[Topics/Social Security and Medicare Myths/Social Security and Medicare Myths|Social Security and Medicare Myths]] ## 1. Old chain emails reposted as new posts The Oct 25 post is an email that has circulated for many years (FactCheck.org wrote about a version in 2009; Snopes covered it again on Oct 28, 2026). Posted as plain text with a photo, it reaches a large audience that has never seen the debunks. A dated figure in the text (a $90,000 wage cap, about 2005 ⚠️) shows its age. ## 2. "History lesson" series @krispykriskring posted a similar "HISTORY LESSON" on the federal income tax (Oct 27) and on Medicare (Oct 28), using the same opening: "Just in case some of you young whippersnappers…". These are not analysed yet. ## 3. Attribution to one party The post blames "the Democratic Party" for most changes. The record shows both parties and both Presidents Reagan and Clinton signed laws that taxed benefits, so a party-line story does not fit ([Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/social-security-history-lesson-post/)).