John,

Sometimes it feels like we’ve been fighting the same fight for fifteen years. Since Social Security Works was founded, we’ve fought back Republican schemes to cut Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors and even though we’ve won every time, they keep coming.

But the truth is, we’ve been moving the ball down the field as well. When Social Security Works was created in 2010, most Democrats in DC wouldn’t even agree to call for no cuts to Social Security or Medicare. Today, almost every Democrat in Congress wants to increase benefits, and Republicans protest loudly when you suggest that they’re trying to cut Social Security (even when they clearly are).

That’s the power of our movement. We can beat deep-pocketed Wall Street politicians, and we can change the policy conversation. It’s because we’re funded by people like you, not Wall Street-funded foundations. Can you chip in $7 to keep Social Security Works strong and independent?

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Alex Lawson
Social Security

P.S. Michael’s email below has a nice walk down memory lane, of all the fights we’ve won, and what comes next. Read it, then pitch in.

-- MICHAEL'S EMAIL --

John,

Here’s a hard truth about fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare: If Social Security’s enemies lose, they can regroup and attack again. If we lose, we lose.

Social Security’s enemies are well-funded by Wall Street fatcats who want to extract fees off Social Security’s $2.8 trillion trust fund, and keep taxes for the ultra-rich low. We’re funded by grassroots contributions from people like you.

They’ve got money. But we’ve got people on our side.

We know how to win―but we can’t do it without you. Can you chip in to protect Social Security and Medicare from Wall Street’s bought-and-paid-for politicians?

The true bipartisan consensus in this country is in favor of expanding Social Security, never cutting it. Only 2% of Republican voters think we should cut Social Security benefits to reduce the debt.¹ That’s why Wall Street politicians always try to go behind closed doors to achieve their policy goals.

During the Obama administration, we saved Social Security from the Bowles-Simpson commission.

So Wall Street’s politicians created a debt ceiling crisis, which led to the creation of a “supercommittee.” We organized and beat that too.

Just this year, Republicans threatened another debt ceiling crisis, and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy threatened to create another closed-door commission in exchange. We organized Democrats, and we stopped it.

New Speaker Mike Johnson promised to create a commission “immediately” as his first order of business. We blocked it on two funding resolutions so far.

But now, Speaker Johnson and his right-hand man, Budget Chair Jodey Arrington, are aiming to attach their fiscal commission to the government funding bill in March. Having passed Arrington’s committee, the commission is closer to creation than it has been since the Obama era.

Rush a donation to Social Security Works and help us protect Social Security and Medicare from MAGA Mike Johnson’s fiscal commission!

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¹ https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/6/28/voters-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-creation-of-a-commission-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare