John,

Voters love Social Security. In fact, 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, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and more while preserving tax loopholes and special tax breaks for the rich. The American people won’t know who to blame!

Now, House Republicans are looking to attach their fiscal commission to must-pass government funding legislation this month.[2]

We’re fighting back, telling Congress that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more. Add your name today to tell Congress: No Fiscal Commission!

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.[3]

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] Bill to create new debt commission approved in House panel
[3] 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 want to create a closed-door “fiscal commission” as a screen behind which to cut vital services for working families like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP. The GOP doesn’t want voters to know who to hold responsible for those deeply unpopular cuts.

With government funding running out within the month, Republicans want to attach their fiscal-commission scam to must-pass appropriations bills.[1] They want to force their Trojan Horse commission on the American people.

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

We’re partnering with allies from across the country, telling Congress that a vote for a fiscal commission is a vote to cut Social Security and other critical programs. Add your name today to tell Congress: No Fiscal Commission!

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.

We can stop this fiscal commission before it’s started, but that means keeping it out of upcoming government-funding legislation.

Sign now to tell Congress to reject the fiscal commission that aims to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and more!

Thank you for taking action, defending programs that support America’s families and demanding the wealthy start paying their fair share in taxes.

David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund