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John,
The House has adjourned for the year. But when they return in January, they’ll have less than three weeks to pass a full-year government funding bill or we’ll face the prospects of a partial government shutdown with a full shutdown shortly thereafter.
House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington has already indicated that he wants to use that urgent deadline to demand the inclusion of a so-called “fiscal commission” in must-pass legislation.[1]
But the GOP’s proposed commission has nothing to do with addressing our nation’s debt. Their real plan is to cut popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more―and to do so through a supposedly bipartisan commission, to give themselves political cover.
The best way to defeat this fiscal commission is to stop it from ever happening.
Sign now to tell Congress: A vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare!
An honest approach to addressing our nation’s debt would start with making the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes. But House Republicans have instead called for passing even more tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires, and large, profitable corporations, which would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue.
Republicans consistently use the national debt and annual budget deficits as excuses to cut critical programs and services for working people and the aging―just to turn around and waste the money by slashing taxes for the wealthy. We’re fighting back against attacks on our earned benefits!
Sign now to remind every member of Congress that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, and other critical programs that regular Americans depend on and deserve.
The American people overwhelmingly oppose cuts to our earned benefits.[2] Let’s make sure Congress gets the message.
Thank you for taking action today,
David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] GOP budget chair floats attaching debt commission to government funding bills
[2] Most oppose Social Security, Medicare cuts: AP-NORC poll
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