Hi,

A leading group of House Republicans just released their proposed budget
for 2024, and it’s truly appalling.

The Republican Study Committee plan would slash Social Security by raising
the retirement age and cutting middle class benefits. It would lay waste
to Medicare, replacing guaranteed care with a measly coupon for insurance
premiums.^1 It would even cut funding for school lunches for low-income
kids.^2

This disastrous budget, endorsed by nearly three-quarters of House
Republicans, must never become law.

Demand Progress has already mobilized over one hunred thousand people to
contact Congress to demand protections for Social Security and Medicare,
and now we must reedouble our efforts. We're counting on grassroots
supporters like you to help make it possible.

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The problem doesn't stop in the House. Republicans in the Senate have been
hellbent on dismantling Social Security and Medicare for years.

Florida Senator Rick Scott has called for Social Security to automatically
disappear within five years along with all federal programs unless
Congress votes to extend it. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson wants to make
Social Security “discretionary,” so Congress would have to vote on whether
to fund the program every year. Senator Rand Paul wants to privatize it.^3

And while these same right-wing lawmakers squawk about how Social Security
will (someday) run out of money, they dismiss out of hand a simple,
equitable solution: Removing the cap that billionaires and millionaires
pay in Social Security taxes.^4

The newly released, draconian House budget is no idle threat. The recent
fight over the debt ceiling shows that the extreme MAGA Republicans are
willing to shut down the government if they don’t get their way.

Sixty-six million Americans depend on Social Security every day. That’s
why we can’t let the House Republican budget get anywhere close to
becoming law.

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work, including our efforts to save Social Security and Medicare?

With gratitude for all that you do,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. Social Security Works, "The Republican Study Committee Budget Would
Destroy Social Security and Medicare," [ [link removed] ]June 14, 2023.
2. Common Dreams, "'Not on My Watch': Dems Vow To Oppose GOP Attack on
Free School Meals," [ [link removed] ]June 16, 2023.
3. Common Dreams, "On Social Security's 87th Birthday, Progressives Warn
GOP Wants to 'Take a Chainsaw to It'," [ [link removed] ]June 21, 2023.
4. Common Dreams, "House GOP Panel Releases Budget That Would 'Destroy
Social Security as We Know It'," [ [link removed] ]June 15, 2023.
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