John,

Public polling shows that a bipartisan 76% of voters want to increase Social Security’s modest benefits, and pay for it by making the rich pay their fair share of taxes.[1]

That’s exactly why Republicans need to go behind closed doors with a secret commission to cut Social Security while preserving all the tax loopholes and special breaks for the rich. The American people won’t know who to blame.

In his first speech following his election as Speaker, “MAGA Mike” Johnson called for the creation of a fiscal commission that would—among other things—seek to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and other critical programs and services.[2]

Now, House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington has passed this fiscal commission out of committee and is committed to attaching it to must-pass government funding legislation.[3]

We’re reminding Congress that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more—all while preserving tax loopholes and special breaks for the rich. Send a message to your representative today!

Any cuts to Social Security will not be felt equally. Due to decades of racial discrimination in employment practices, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color not only make less money than white people, but are less likely to have jobs that provide access to pensions, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), 401(k)s, and other wealth-building systems―thus making it more likely that Social Security will be their sole source of income when they retire.[4]

Republicans consistently use the national debt as an excuse to cut critical programs and services for working people. But if they were serious about addressing our nation’s debt, they’d start by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes.

Write to your U.S. representative and tell them that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and more.

Thank you for taking action today, defending our earned benefits while demanding the rich and corporations pay their fair share.

Maura Quint
Campaign Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] Poll Finds 83 Percent of Americans Want to Expand Social Security
[2] Johnson announces he plans to create a bipartisan "debt commission"
[3] Bill to create new debt commission approved in House panel
[4] Social Security and People of Color

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John,

If Republicans were serious about reducing our nation’s debt, they would start by raising taxes on the rich and corporations. Instead, they just use debt as an excuse to cut vital services for working families like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP while letting the wealthy and big firms keep all their tax loopholes and special breaks. The latest example of the Republicans’ deficit hypocrisy is their so-called “fiscal commission” on lowering debt: they’ve made clear it will be all about service cuts and not at all about tax fairness.

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington has passed his so-called “fiscal commission” out of committee and says that Speaker “MAGA Mike” Johnson is “100 percent committed to this commission” and is seeking to attach it to must-pass government funding bills this winter.[1]

A fiscal commission is nothing more than a way for conservatives to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and other key programs behind closed doors so the American people don’t know who to blame.

We’re fighting back against backdoor attacks on our earned benefits. An honest approach to addressing our nation’s debt would include making the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, not attacking programs and services relied upon by working families and older Americans.

Click here to send a message directly to your U.S. representative and tell them to oppose the creation of a fiscal commission. Tell them that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security and other programs.

While congressional Republicans claim these cuts are in the name of “fiscal responsibility,” they’re simultaneously proposing plans to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations. This is a clear example of why the GOP’s proposed commission has nothing to do with addressing our nation’s debt. They simply want to attack popular programs to then turn around and use that money to give their wealthy campaign contributors more tax breaks.

Let’s defeat this fiscal commission before it starts!

Send a message to your U.S. representative today and demand they vote no on the so-called fiscal commission.

Thank you for taking action, defending our earned benefits and demanding the wealthy start paying their fair share in taxes.

David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund