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Dear Friend,
Social Security is one of the most popular social programs in U.S. history.
In poll after poll, 70 to 80 percent of Americans oppose cuts to Medicare or Social Security.1 That includes the majority of Republicans, Democrats, Independents, men, women . . . everyone.
But last month, Donald Trump told the billionaire global elites in Davos that he would cut Social Security. And then he actually did it, releasing a budget that slashes more than a trillion dollars from Medicare and Social Security.
You'd think that it would have been front page news.2 There's only one problem: the mainstream media has almost TOTALLY ignored Trump's attack on Social Security.
We need to draw public attention to this NOW to stop the president in his tracks, but it'll require a significant investment of resources to break through the media blackout.
Just before the White House released Trump's latest budget, Trump tweeted, “We will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare.”3
But as usual, he lied. The truth is that the White House budget takes $750 million out of Medicare, along with a trillion dollars more from Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.4 Furthermore, the budget takes a $76 million bite out of Social Security disability benefits.5
Trump is lying because he knows just how politically damaging it is to threaten Social Security and Medicare, as three-quarters of Americans are against cuts.6
Trump should be facing a major public backlash, but the media is ignoring this bombshell, distracted by everything from the coronavirus to Michael Bloomberg to Donald Trump's celebrity pardons.
Demand Progress is driving constituents to their representatives to fight back against these harmful budget cuts. Will you donate?
Yes, I’ll donate to stop Trump from gutting Social Security and Medicare.
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
Sources:
1. National Memo, "Poll: Huge Majorities Reject Trump’s Medicare And Medicaid Cuts," March 15, 2019; Pew Research Center, "Retirement, Social Security and long-term care," March 21, 2019
2. NBC News, "Trump's election year budget proposal slashes Medicaid, other social safety nets," February 10, 2020
3. Twitter, "Trump: We will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare in Fiscal 2021 Budget.," February 8, 2020
4. NBC News, "Trump's election year budget proposal slashes Medicaid, other social safety nets," February 10, 2020
5. USA Today, "Social Security: Here’s what Trump’s proposed budget could mean for your benefits," February 12, 2020
6. National Memo, "Poll: Huge Majorities Reject Trump’s Medicare And Medicaid Cuts," March 15, 2019
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