John,

For most of us, the coronavirus pandemic is a disaster. But Donald Trump’s White House sees it as an opportunity.

They are using the chaos of the coronavirus to implement long-standing right-wing dreams. They’re getting rid of clean air regulations. They are trying to destroy the postal service. And they are working day and night to undermine our nation’s most popular government program, our Social Security system.

Social Security Works has made sure these attacks haven’t been successful yet. But Trump isn’t resting, and neither can we. Chip in $5 today to keep fighting back against the Trump administration’s war on seniors!

Trump says he won’t sign a coronavirus aid package unless it includes a cut to Social Security’s dedicated revenue stream―the payroll tax.

In other words, Trump is letting seniors die by the tens of thousands in nursing homes by holding hostage desperately needed testing and protective equipment to his demand to defund the Social Security benefits that millions of Americans rely upon.

Now, Trump’s economic advisers and his unqualified son-in-law Jared Kushner have another assault on our Social Security system.

They are calling it the “Eagle Plan” (for no good reason). But it should be called the Work ’Til You Die Plan.

This plan would give people money today, but only if they promised to sign away their retirement. It forces desperate families, terrified of going without food or being thrown out of their homes, to choose between starving today, or working until they die.

This plan is both cruel and dangerous. It turns Social Security into a piggy bank, so that Wall Street billionaires can reach their hands into our pockets and steal our earned benefits.

We have been working behind the scenes since before the Eagle Plan was public, shoring up opposition to it. Together, we’re putting all of Trump’s plans to defund and destroy our Social Security system where they belong: in the garbage. Chip in today!

Right now, Wall Street can’t get a single penny of our Social Security money. And they hate that.

The truth is, there are no handouts when it comes to Social Security. We pay in, and the benefits are there when we need them. But if it were converted into hundreds of millions of private accounts, Wall Street would reap huge profits―just like they have with 401ks.

America is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But too much of that wealth is concentrated in the hands of too few people, a handful of billionaires who are driving the agenda right now. What the American people need is to send $2000 to everyone in America during this crisis. Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Ed Markey have a plan to do just that.

Congress needs to pass this plan immediately―and throw the Trump administration’s Eagle Plan, defunding scheme, and any plans like it, in the trash where they belong. Chip in today!

Together, that’s what we’ll do.

Thanks,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

P.S. We’ve organized a large coalition in opposition to the Eagle Plan, and we’re planning a delivery soon. If you haven’t signed the petition yet, click here to add your name!