Dear John,
The threat to millions of older Americans who depend on Social Security and Medicare has never been more serious.
Over and over again we’ve seen these programs used as bargaining chips in closed-door debt ceiling and budget negotiations on Capitol Hill where the decisions of a very few could determine the economic security of virtually every American family.
That’s why, with so much uncertainty over the future of your earned benefits, I’m counting on you to sign the National Committee’s EMERGENCY PETITION TO CONGRESS today! Help us continue to send a strong message to every member of Congress they simply cannot ignore:
“Social Security and Medicare belong to workers and retirees — people who’ve paid into these programs their entire working lives— they DO NOT belong to politicians in Washington to do what they please!”
Right now, the fate of the programs cherished by millions of older Americans is in the hands of some lawmakers who’ve said Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme” … that your earned benefits are “garbage” and “not sustainable” … and who have proclaimed “entitlement reform is a must.”
Bottom line, your earned benefits are at stake! While you participate in our grassroots petition campaigns like this, we are meeting with members of Congress, testifying in person and via video at legislative hearings, writing op-eds and appearing in interviews on major media outlets, and conducting research on the complicated laws and regulations that affect your earned benefits … all to strengthen our case for protecting — not cutting — Social Security and Medicare.
In the final analysis, voters who make their wishes unmistakably clear to Congress in overwhelming numbers have the best chance to defeat special interest lobbies. That’s the way our system works. Please sign our urgent petition today!
Sincerely,
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