Hi,

The GOP agenda is just cut, cut, cut. Cut taxes for the rich and big
corporations. Cut Medicare. Cut Social Security.

The House GOP released a plan to raise the Social Security retirement age
to 69, which would result in benefit reductions across the board for
seniors.^1 And the right-wingers in Congress will use leverage of a
potential government shutdown to slash Social Security benefits. Democrats
must stand firm and protect Social Security!

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Security.

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Republican cuts to Social Security would be disastrous. Nearly everyone
over 65 years old in the United States receives a Social Security check.
The program has been extraordinarily effective, and without it, millions
of American seniors would fall into abject poverty.^2

Raising the Social Security retirement age means that early retirees get a
heavier reduction, and later retirees get a smaller bonus. Researchers
estimate that raising the retirement age would reduce overall Social
Security payments for all retirees by 20%.^3

The GOP’s new plan would also prevent raising of the Social Security
payroll cap, which currently mandates that income over $160,200/year is
not subject to Social Security taxes. The payroll cap means that
billionaires pay the same amount into Social Security as someone making
$160,200 per year. This is yet another example of a tax cut for the rich
that hurts everyone else.

We cannot allow Republicans to use the threat of a government shutdown to
gut Social Security. Democrats must stand firm and refuse all cuts to
Social Security, including attempts to raise the retirement age.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Protect Social Security!

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Common Dreams, “House GOP Panel Releases Budget That Would 'Destroy
Social Security as We Know It',” [ [link removed] ]June 15, 2023.
 2. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Social Security Lifts More
People Above the Poverty Line Than Any Other Program,” [ [link removed] ]June 2,
2023.
 3. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Raising Social Security’s
Retirement Age Cuts Benefits for All Retirees,” [ [link removed] ]January 20, 2016.
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