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Today, Elizabeth Warren made EXPANDING Social Security a 2020 presidential campaign issue -- after working with the PCCC and allies since 2013 to push this issue into the mainstream!
Warren made clear that many grandparents and veterans "rely on Social Security for 90% or more of their income...today I’m announcing a plan to provide the biggest and most progressive increase in Social Security benefits in nearly half a century" paid for by asking the rich to pay their fair share.
We've done the polling. Expanding Social Security is popular by 70% to 17% -- including with a majority of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats.
(Click to read Warren's full Medium post about the plan. And share this news on Twitter and on Facebook.)
Warren took on the political establishment in DC -- and Trump:
"Despite the data staring us in the face, Congress hasn’t increased Social Security benefits in nearly fifty years. When [Republican] politicians discuss the program, it’s mostly to debate about whether to cut benefits by a lot or a little bit. After signing a $1.5 trillion tax giveaway that primarily helped the rich and big corporations, Donald Trump twice proposed cutting billions from Social Security."
We were proud to work with Social Security Works, Working Families Party, Credo, Progressives United, MoveOn, Democracy for America, Presente, Color Of Change, Ed Schultz, congressional progressives, and others in the early days of this fight.
In 2018, many Democrats who flipped red seats blue called for expanding Social Security!
Petition: Don't cut Social Security -- expand it! And every Dem should campaign on it!
Do you like policy details? Here's more on Warren's plan:
- Increases Social Security benefits immediately by $200 a month -- $2,400 a year -- for every current and future Social Security beneficiary in America.
- Adjusts benefits up for many lower-income families, women, people with disabilities, public-sector workers, and people of color.
- Finances these changes and extends the solvency of Social Security by nearly two decades by asking the top 2% of families to contribute their fair share to the program.
- Immediately lifts an estimated 4.9 million seniors out of poverty, cutting the senior poverty rate by 68%.
- Increases economic growth in the long term and reduces the deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next ten years.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Stephanie Taylor and Adam Green, PCCC co-founders
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told PCCC members, "The majority of Americans are with us on the policies. Americans support Medicare for All, expanding Social Security benefits, gun reform, debt-free college, and a $15 minimum wage. Bold progressive values are popular EVERYWHERE. Together, we have the people. Together, with your help, we’ll have the votes." Chip in $3 here.
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