John,

Did you know that the life expectancy for Black people in the U.S. is just 70 years old, nearly 6 years less than white folks? For Native people it’s even worse -- more than 10 years less.^[1]

At a time when fewer and fewer corporations are offering workers guaranteed pensions in retirement, future generations are likely to become more dependent on Social Security to maintain a basic standard of living. So, what is Republicans’ solution to keeping Social Security strong for current and future generations? Raise the retirement age and cut benefits.

Already, the Social Security retirement age has been raised to 67 years old. Raising it even further would mean that millions of people who have paid into Social Security their entire working lives would never be able to retire or see a single Social Security check.

This Labor Day weekend, tell Republicans that we will not work until we die. Sign now to say we will NOT raise the Social Security retirement age.

Nearly 65 million people rely on Social Security benefits each year, including 131,000 in Cori’s home state of Missouri. They’re relying on a fully funded Social Security program.

That’s why, instead of cutting benefits, Cori is working to protect and expand Social Security by asking upper income earners to pay their fair share. But, instead of making their wealthy donors contribute anything more to Social Security, Republicans want to cut benefits and make low-wage earners and working people accept less.

Republican presidential candidates Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley have all publicly said they want to make today’s young people retire later than their parents. And Republican frontrunner Donald Trump proposed cuts to Social Security in each budget that he released as president.

They want people to pay into Social Security their whole lives, and then accept less than their parents in retirement, if they live long enough to collect those benefits at all. Tell Republicans: We will NOT raise the Social Security retirement age.

Before Social Security was enacted 88 years ago, 50% of seniors lived in poverty. Today, that number is less than 10% -- still too high, but a major improvement.

Social Security is a lifesaving program and we need to ensure it’s here to stay.

Thank you for taking action today.

Team Cori

^{[1] Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity}