Dear John,

Jim Roosevelt, the grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt, knows better than anyone how important Social Security is to Americans like you. It’s one of the most enduring legacies of his grandfather’s presidency. But it’s also on the line like never before.

That’s why Jim Roosevelt asked if he could personally get involved in the National Committee’s urgent fight to protect this lifesaving program from hardliners in Congress who are dead set on slashing your earned benefits.

And in a recent letter Jim sent to National Committee supporters, he urged them to sign onto a petition to help convince Congress to stop messing with Social Security:

… this Congress could be the one that rapidly ushers in painful cuts and radical “reforms” that could forever change this program as we know it. And Social Security could be relegated to the dustbin of history!

That’s not something I could bear to see. Not at a time when so many Americans are counting on their earned benefits just to make ends meet.”

If you agree FDR’s legacy — which continues to empower millions of older Americans — is worth fighting for then please add your name to the National Committee’s EMERGENCY PETITION TO CONGRESS: “Don’t Defund America’s Beloved Social Security Program!”

Jim Roosevelt and I plan to show lawmakers in Congress that seniors across the country depend on their earned benefits and oppose any cuts to these programs.

According to Jim Roosevelt,

“Social Security has been an easy target of so-called ‘deficit hawks’ in Washington who would much rather chip away at seniors’ earned benefits than reverse decades of unfair (and unpaid for!) tax policies that benefit wealthy Americans and huge corporations. Fortunately, my grandfather helped structure the Social Security program to make it hard to cut or privatize Social Security. 

Because Social Security has its own dedicated income stream from the payroll tax, we don’t just trade it off against education or defense or other important priorities. My grandfather famously said, ‘With those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my Social Security program’.”  

Jim Roosevelt understands that lawmakers can’t just change or cut Social Security without risking the livelihoods of millions of retirees and working Americans.

So please, sign our EMERGENCY PETITION today to let your elected officials in Washington, DC know that you rely on Social Security, you care about this program and you want retirees’ benefits protected, not cut!

Sincerely,

Max Richtman

President & CEO