John,

At midnight tonight, if Congress doesn’t act, the government will shut down for the third time since 2018.

It’s worth remembering how we got here: a carefully negotiated 3-month funding extension was blown up by a tweet from the richest man in the world.

Now, we’re plunged into chaos. Whether they pull together a short-term extension or the government shuts down right before the holidays, the billionaires are getting the chaos that they want.

Chaos like this is the billionaires’ plan so that they can sneak benefit cuts under the cover of chaos. They want to discredit the system entirely so that they can reach their hands into our pockets and steal trillions of our money. We will not let that happen.

We are fighting to ensure that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and EVERY politician keeps their HANDS OFF Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! Can you chip in $7 today?

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Thank you,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

-- MICHAEL'S EMAIL --

John,

If you had a federal government shutdown on your Christmas list, you’re in luck!

Yesterday, Elon Musk led a rebellion among Republicans to kill the bipartisan compromise to keep the government funded until the next Congress is sworn in.

Now, Donald Trump and JD Vance are insisting that Congress include massive cuts to government services AND a suspension of the debt ceiling, so that Trump doesn’t have to deal with it while he pushes through a $4 trillion tax cut for the rich next year. AOC broke it down:

We are fighting to ensure that Elon Musk and Donald Trump keep their HANDS OFF Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! Can you chip in $7 today?

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The day before Musk told House Republicans to shut down the government, a Republican member of Congress confirmed to us that Elon was looking to cut Social Security benefits through their Slash & Burn Commission.

Instead of cutting Social Security benefits, while shoveling gobs of money at Elon through tax cuts and government contracts to his companies, we should make billionaires like Elon Musk pay their fair share. The problem for Social Security isn’t that its benefits are too high―it’s that billionaires are too greedy.

Stand up to billionaires like Elon Musk and Donald Trump! Chip in to protect our Social Security benefits today!

Thank you,

Michael Phelan
Social Security Works