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Hello John,
There can be no doubt now. President Trump has made it clear through words and actions that he would like to cut Social Security and Medicare, despite his campaign promises to protect them. And so, he needs to hear directly from voters like you that you oppose any cuts to the benefits that millions of workers and retirees rely on for their retirement and health security. The quicker we respond, the more powerful our message will be!
If you haven't yet signed our Urgent Petition to President Trump, please take a moment to do it right now, so he understands that voters are paying attention to his proposals and rhetoric, which have taken sharp aim at earned benefits. And if you have already signed it: Thank you. You've taken the first step in ensuring your views are heard at the highest levels of our government. Now please consider making a donation in whatever amount you can afford to help boost our crucial work to protect and strengthen our nation's essential social safety net programs.
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Julie Lynch
Member Services Manager
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SIGN Our Urgent Petition to
President Trump Today!
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Dear John,
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President Trump recently admitted, again, that he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare. In January, responding to a CNBC interviewer, the president said that he would "look at" cutting Medicare and Social Security because it's "actually the easiest of all things, because it's such a big percentage (of the debt)." And during a town hall on Fox News last week, moderator Martha MacCallum asked the President whether he would cut "entitlements" to reduce the soaring debt. President Trump replied, "We'll be cutting, but we're also going to have (economic) growth like we've never seen before."
Unfortunately, we need to take President Trump at his word and assume that benefit cuts could be coming soon. In fact, the President's 2021 budget proposes more than $1.5 TRILLION in cuts to Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid — and is incredibly harmful to workers, retirees and our nation's most vulnerable citizens!
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Please help the National Committee send a powerful and direct message from the very people who his proposed cuts would hurt the most, workers and retirees like you, by signing our Urgent Petition to President Trump today! This is an election year, so the President is paying extra close attention to what constituents like you have to say!
Sadly, despite promises that he would protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicare if elected to the White House, President Trump appears to have bought into the myth that so-called "entitlements" (benefits that millions of Americans like you have paid into and earned during their lifetime of work) are the biggest drivers of the debt and therefore must be cut to reduce it.
In fact, taxation policy — in the form of revenue that the federal government forgoes through tax breaks (especially the Trump-GOP tax law that mainly benefits the very wealthy) — is the number one contributor to the debt. And so, as President Trump tries to have it both ways, we need to put pressure on him to pick a side — and that is the side of workers and retirees who are the backbone of our American economy.
So please sign our Urgent Petition to President Trump and tell him it's time to stop talking about cutting earned benefits and start acting to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare. With so much at stake during this critical election year, please speak out now!
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Max Richtman
President & CEO
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