A House committee just advanced a death panel for Social Security and Medicare.

Hi,

House Speaker "MAGA" Mike Johnson says Social Security is "an existential threat" to the American way of life (yes, he really said that).1

And now he's pushing forward a plan to destroy Social Security as we know it.

A Republican-led House committee just passed legislation forming a fast-track commission that will meet behind closed doors to create a plan to gut Social Security and Medicare — that Republicans would then vote on just after the 2024 election.2

We've mobilized tens of thousands of people to contact Congress to oppose these cuts and push for an expansion of Social Security to keep up with the cost of living. Now, with Social Security under renewed attack, we need to raise funds to ramp up our efforts.

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Social Security has proven to be one of the most popular and successful programs in U.S. history. Over 65 million seniors rely on its benefits, and it's helped elderly poverty rates fall from over 30 percent in 1959 to under 10 percent in recent years.3,4

Yet more than half of American seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year from Social Security, and by 2035, the program will run out of money to pay full benefits unless Congress acts.5

That's why we're renewing the push for a bill authored by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders that would fund Social Security through the end of the century and expand its benefits.6 Bernie's bill would expand Social Security benefits by $2,400 per year, per person, and fund the increase by tax hikes on the rich.

As Bernie put it: "A Wall Street CEO who makes $30 million pays the same amount into Social Security as someone who makes $160,000 a year. Our bill puts an end to that absurdity."7

We must fight to strengthen Social Security — before Speaker Mike Johnson and the MAGA Republicans kill it. Will you make a donation right now?

Yes, I’ll chip in $10 to stop the Republicans' devastating cuts to Social Security, and push for other key reforms.

With gratitude for all that you do,

The team at Demand Progress Action

Sources:
1. Newsweek, "What Mike Johnson Has Said About Cutting Social Security," November 3, 2023.
2. The Hill, "House panel advances debt commission without shields for Medicare, Social Security," January 19, 2024.
3. Social Security Administration, "Fact Sheet: Social Security," accessed February 5, 2024.
4. The Conversation, "Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy," November 26, 2018.
5. Common Dreams, "On Social Security's 87th Birthday, Progressives Warn GOP Wants to 'Take a Chainsaw to It,'" August 15, 2022.
6. Common Dreams, "Hey House GOP, Hands Off Social Security and Medicare!" November 29, 2023.
7. Office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, "NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096," February 13, 2023.

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