Hi,

While MAGA Republicans like Mike Johnson and Ted Cruz try to cut Social
Security, Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to expand
Social Security — funded in full by taxing the rich.^1

Social Security is an essential benefits program. But because of a tax
cap, the ultra-wealthy pay Social Security taxes on a smaller percentage
of their income than the average American.

Bernie’s Social Security Expansion Act of 2023 would fund Social Security
through the end of the century and expand benefits across the program.^2
But Republicans want Social Security on the chopping block — we must not
only stop the GOP’s efforts to cut the social safety net, we must improve
Social Security to guarantee a financially secure retirement for all.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tax the Rich. Expand Social Security. Pass the
Social Security Expansion Act of 2023!

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Bernie’s legislation would expand Social Security benefits by $2,400 per
year, per person, funded by these much-needed tax hikes on the rich.
Bernie said, “A Wall Street CEO who makes $30 million pays the same amount
into Social Security as someone who makes $160,000 a year. Our bill puts
an end to that absurdity.”^3

Around 65 million Americans rely on Social Security benefits.^4 In fact,
Social Security has been so effective at keeping seniors out of poverty
that elderly poverty rates fell from 80% in 1940 to about 10% today.^5
This program has proven to be one of the most popular and successful
programs in the history of the United States.

Social Security allows retirees, and others, to afford medications, stay
in their homes, pay for groceries, and so much more. The program allows
millions to live with dignity. Without Social Security, many would have
nowhere to turn.

But time and again, Republicans try to slash the social safety net and
public benefits that so many people rely on. There is a way to defend
against all of these attacks: Vocally oppose any cuts to Social Security
AND pass the Social Security Expansion Act of 2023.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to Congress: Expand Social Security NOW!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, “NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to
Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues
Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through
2096,” [ [link removed] ]February 13, 2023.
 2. Ibid.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Social Security Administration, “Social Security Basic Facts,”
[ [link removed] ]2022.
 5. The Conversation, “Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2
percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy,”
[ [link removed] ]November 26, 2018.
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