| Benefits still target of fiscal hawks |
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| Dear John, |
Tuesday’s presidential election saw voters come out in huge numbers to cast their vote for candidates who they believe will represent their best interests in Washington. At this moment it’s still too early to project several key races, including the presidential race — as mail-in and absentee ballots continue to get counted.
What we do know so far is that we’ve retained many of our Social Security and Medicare allies in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, which may help bolster our chances to get critical legislation passed that will improve the earned benefits of millions of workers and retirees — and help those struggling to survive, both physically and financially, the coronavirus pandemic.
And it appears that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has promised to “get serious” about “entitlement changes,” may retain his control over the Senate. If that’s the case, the National Committee anticipates that he will continue to push hard for slashing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to help fund the Trump-GOP tax law that mainly benefits the wealthiest among us and has added more than $1.9 trillion to the budget deficit.
Yet, no matter the outcome of this election, we simply cannot ignore the fact that there are powerful members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle who believe our government must scale back its obligations to Social Security and Medicare, especially in the face of historic budget deficits.
So that means earned benefits remain at risk in this uncertain environment. And so we need your help to remain vigilant and keep the pressure on newly elected and re-elected members of Congress to ensure they support policies backed by a strong majority of Americans that will strengthen our nation’s retirement and health security safety net.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell, like other so-called fiscal hawks in Congress, continues to blame earned benefit programs for soaring deficits. And so we need to continue to make it clear that the American people will not accept devastating cuts to programs like Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid in order to balance the budget!
Sincerely, |
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Max Richtman
President & CEO
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