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John,
Donald Trump is constructing an American oligarchy.
He’s put pharma billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk―the richest man in the world, owing largely to his government contracts―in charge of slashing trillions from the government. And he’s nominated an unprecedented 13 billionaires to his cabinet!
Government by the billionaires is government for the billionaires. And billionaires HATE Social Security.
That’s why we’re sounding the alarm early and often: Elon & Vivek’s special commission is a vehicle to achieve a nearly century-long plot to dismantle our Social Security system.
Elon Musk thinks the election he bought for Donald Trump gives him a blank check to reach into our pockets and steal our earned benefits. He’s in for a surprise. Together, we will make it clear: NO CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, OR MEDICAID! Donate today!
Remember: No one voted to cut Social Security. No one voted to cut Medicare. And no one voted for higher drug prices.
Musk’s stated goal, though, is to slash one-third of government spending, which is essentially impossible without cutting Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. We got a sneak preview of where Vivek Ramaswamy stood when he ran for president and lamented that George W. Bush’s privatization scheme failed. Now, he’s added to that record by telling CNBC how he and Musk could unilaterally cut benefits without Congressional approval:1
“You look at the way in which that money is being spent through Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security…There are hundreds of billions of dollars of savings to extract just from basic program integrity measures.”
He went on to describe the process that he, Elon, and Trump plan to use to bypass Congressional approval on their cuts scheme:
“I think that that ignores what can be done through the executive branch already. The executive branch has no obligation to send out a payment if it is wasteful or if it is known to be fraudulent or has a reason to believe that there is error associated with that payment.”
If we don’t stop them, these billionaires will destroy our earned benefits to line their own pockets and the pockets of Trump’s Wall Street donors!
We can win this fight―but only if we fight together. Can you donate $7 to save Social Security from Elon Musk’s fiscal commission?
Thank you,
Alex Lawson
Social Security Works
1 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/cnbc-transcript-exclusive-doge-co-lead-author-and-former-us-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-speaks-with-cnbcs-eamon-javers-and-morgan-brennan-live-from-the-cnbc-cfo-council-summit-in-washington-dc-today.html
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