John,
I’ll make this short: Seniors are turning on Trump, but only after they hear the truth about his plans for Social Security.
Our campaign to save Social Security from Trump is working―and we have just 9 days left before Election Day to reach millions of voters with this critical message.
Read Michael’s email and then chip in $5 to save Social Security from Trump!
Thanks,
Alex Lawson Social Security Works
--MICHAEL'S EMAIL--
John,
There are two weekends left before Americans will have the final word in this election. The stakes are clear: Donald Trump will defund and destroy Social Security, while Joe Biden will expand it.
In the first year of Trump’s first term, we said he had declared a “war on seniors” by trying to destroy Medicare and Medicaid through Trumpcare, then blow up the deficit with his tax giveaway. But that war on seniors got literal, as he bungled the response to a pandemic that has killed more than 160,000 seniors.1
To make matters worse, Trump has taken action to unilaterally eliminate Social Security’s dedicated funding, and has promised that if re-elected, he will “terminate” it. Social Security’s Chief Actuary has said that ending Social Security’s funding would leave it unable to pay any benefits at all by 2023.2
Joe Biden is running on a clear platform of protecting and expanding our Social Security system, and making the wealthy pay their fair share. Seniors are noticing.3 Now we have 10 days to close the deal.
Chip in $7 to help Social Security Works reach seniors with the truth about Social Security and Donald Trump!
Throughout the pandemic, Trump has treated seniors as expendable. Even in this week’s debate, as he struggled to make up ground, Trump minimized the deaths of older Americans.
Social Security isn’t the only trust fund Trump is raiding in the closing days of the campaign. After failing to negotiate lower drug prices with Big Pharma, Trump announced a plan to send seniors $200 prescription gift cards, paid for by raiding Medicare’s trust fund. Fortunately, that plan has been halted because it was likely illegal.4
Trump’s attitude of treating our earned benefits as his personal piggy bank is an affront to seniors when they hear about it―Chip in $7 to help reach more seniors and save Social Security from Trump!
Thanks,
Michael Phelan Social Security Works
1 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex
2 https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/solvency/VanHollenSandersWydenSchumer_20200824.pdf
3 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/shot-foot-seniors-repelled-trumps-pandemic-response/story?id=73764257
4 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/trump-prescription-drugs.html
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