Dear John,

Social Security remains strong but looming ahead are critical decisions that our elected officials will need to make about the future of this popular and effective program …

Thanks to the strength of the U.S. economy, the Social Security Trustees have pushed back the expected depletion date of the program’s OASDI (retirement & disability) trust fund to 2035, one year later than previously projected. At that time, Social Security will still be able to pay 83% of promised benefits — but beneficiaries will face a 17% benefit cut ... unless Congress takes action to avoid it by asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share.

John, with so much at stake for current and future beneficiaries, we want to know:

Should Congress act now to strengthen Social Security for the 67 million Americans who depend on it by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share, or wait to take action until the Trust Fund is mere months from insolvency?

No doubt the Social Security Trustees’ latest report will prompt cries from so-called ‘fiscal conservatives’ that Social Security is going ‘bankrupt,’ supposedly requiring Draconian measures — which couldn’t be further than the truth. Revenue will always flow into Social Security from workers’ payroll contributions, so the program will never be ‘broke.’ But no one wants seniors to suffer an automatic 17% benefit cut in 2035.

That’s why your feedback as a senior American on this issue is extremely important. And your ongoing support is essential to helping us fight proposed cuts to your earned benefits.

Sincerely,

Dan Adcock

Director of Government Relations & Policy