John,

Yesterday we pointed out just how far out of the mainstream today's Republican party is--even compared to its hero, Ronald Reagan.

Here's the bad news: Every single Republican in the House Budget Committee voted to advance Rep. Jodey Arrington's budget resolution to create a closed-door commission to cut Social Security and Medicare.

But here's the positive: Every Democrat stood together to REJECT this bill that blames seniors for a deficit created by tax cuts for the rich.

This happened because of YOUR pressure! Together, we will STOP any plan to destroy Social Security and Medicare, and EXPAND benefits when we make the rich pay their fair share. Chip in today!

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Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

-- YESTERDAY'S EMAIL --

John,

Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington took the next step in advancing his “fiscal commission” to take Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors and cut them in order to preserve tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

According to a profile with Bloomberg,¹ "Arrington aims to emulate the leadership style of his hero, Ronald Reagan." But his legislation to create what the White House called a ”death panel for Medicare and Social Security”² could use a refresher about Reagan. Arrington’s bill blames Social Security and Medicare for ongoing deficits:

But Arrington’s hero, Ronald Reagan, spoke the truth 40 years ago at a debate leading toward his historic re-election landslide:³

Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. Social Security is totally funded by the payroll tax levied on employer and employee. If you reduce the out-go of Social Security, that money would not go into the general fund to reduce a deficit. It would go into the Social Security Trust Fund. So, Social Security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or erasing or lowering the deficit.

Don’t take our word for it―you can watch Reagan deliver these words right here, then rush a donation to Social Security Works!

Over the past 40 years, Republican politicians and Wall Street funders have been running an insidious campaign to discredit Social Security. Their plan is bearing fruit under Rep. Arrington’s chairmanship.

The Republican Party is united. Donald Trump just endorsed Arrington. Speaker Mike Johnson backed Arrington’s plan to cut Social Security and Medicare in his very first speech. The Trump-Arrington Death Panel would be devastating for retired Americans, for working Americans who hope to retire someday, and for anyone who cares about economic fairness. If Trump is elected with a GOP Congress, they will absolutely cut Social Security and Medicare to ribbons.

Rush a donation to Social Security Works today to make sure everyone knows that a vote for Republicans is a vote for the Trump-Arrington Social Security Death Panel.

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Ronald Reagan was wrong about a lot of things―trickle-down economics, union-busting, the war on drugs, saying that trees cause climate change, covertly overthrowing democratically elected governments and installing dictators, supporting apartheid in South Africa, ignoring the AIDS epidemic, and pardoning criminals in his cabinet―but he was right about this.

Thank you,

Michael Phelan
Social Security Works

¹ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-26/gop-s-arrington-urges-calm-as-debt-fury-rages-let-s-be-adults
² https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/white-house-slams-gop-entitlement-commission-as-death-panel
³ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUoRD4pYzI