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Dear John,
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It’s a classic mistake: GOP lawmakers blame Social Security for our nation’s soaring national debt.
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But the truth is, Social Security doesn’t contribute one dime to the debt. Yet, you’ll often hear members of Congress and pundits in the media conflate this program with the federal debt to justify slashing this program. (They also want to use Social Security to help pay for massive tax breaks for the wealthy!)
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John, please sign our EMERGENCY PETITION TO CONGRESS today and send a powerful message to your lawmakers that seniors won’t stand for our earned benefits being cut in the name of deficit reduction (or for any reason)!
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Right now, Republican leaders in Congress are spreading fear of a so-called “Social Security crisis” so they can erode the public’s trust in this hugely popular and effective program — and exact severe cuts. But the only crisis facing Social Security is the one being manufactured by ideological opponents of this program.
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Yet, I’m deeply concerned that pressure is growing on Capitol Hill to break our government’s promise to seniors like you. Powerful lawmakers are calling for major changes to Social Security that include converting it into a welfare program … raising the full Social Security retirement age … privatizing the program for the benefit of Wall Street brokers. And they are on the verge of creating a commission that would have the power to fast-track benefit cuts through Congress.
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Americans who’ve worked hard all their lives should not have to spend their golden years struggling to make ends meet or relying on their kids and grandkids for financial help.
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So please help the National Committee remind U.S. Senators and Representatives why Social Security is so important to millions of older Americans and why you reject any bill that would harm your earned benefits by signing our EMERGENCY PETITION TO CONGRESS today!
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