A closed-door, fast-track commission is really a death panel to kill Social Security.

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Social Security is one of the most successful government programs ever, and polls consistently show that over 80% of the American people oppose cutting Social Security.1

But Republicans have been hell-bent on destroying Social Security for decades, and they have unveiled a devious plan to finally accomplish their goal THIS YEAR.

Here's their plan: Create a closed-door commission to gut Social Security -- and then schedule a straight up-or-down vote on commission's recommendations during the lame-duck session of Congress right AFTER the election.2

That way members of Congress can promise not to cut Social Security during the election, and then turn around and do just that.

We need to sound the alarm now before it's too late. Will you make a donation to Demand Progress to help stop the Republican-led plan to gut Social Security and push for other key reforms?

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Without Social Security, 4 in 10 senior citizens would currently be living below the poverty line. Social Security is the most effective anti-poverty program in U.S. history.3 But Republicans and conservative Democrats like Joe Manchin want to get rid of it so they can keep cutting taxes for the rich.4

Just take a look at what they've proposed in the past. Last year, the Republican Study Committee, a group that includes about 75 percent of House Republicans, proposed a plan to raise the retirement age, slash middle-class Social Security benefits, and privatize Medicare. Previous proposals have drastically reduced cost-of-living adjustments.5

In reality, this commission is a death panel for Social Security, and its entire purpose is to allow Republicans to kill Social Security and Medicare without leaving their fingerprints on the murder weapon.

Instead of cutting Social Security, we should be expanding and strengthening it. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed legislation to shore up funding for Social Security by lifting the exemption on Social Security taxes on incomes over $250,000 a year and boost benefits to keep seniors struggling with inflation from sinking into poverty.6

This closed-door, fast-track commission to kill Social Security is a serious threat, and we must sound the alarm now to stop it.

Will you donate $10 to Demand Progress Action and support our work, including our effort to stop the Republicans' closed-door commission to kill Social Security?

With gratitude for all that you do,

The team at Demand Progress Action

Sources:
1. Navigator, "Vast Majorities of Americans Intensely Support Increasing Funding for Programs," November 30, 2023.
2. Social Security Works, "Republicans Are About to Vote for a Social Security Death Panel," September 29, 2023.
3. Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, "Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts about Social Security," April 17, 2023.
4. Common Dreams, "GOP Pushes Social Security 'Death Panel' After Years of Tax Cuts for Rich," November 29, 2023.
5. Common Dreams, "House GOP Panel Releases Budget That Would 'Destroy Social Security as We Know It,'" June 15, 2023.
6. U.S. Congress, "S.393 - Social Security Expansion Act," February 13, 2023.

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