Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 4:04 PM

Taxpayer funded Ivanka jewelry

She wants to cut your benefits, but thinks she should be reimbursed for $47,000 in jewelry John, In recent days, we’ve been shining a light on the Trump administration’s cruel new regulations that will deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of Social Security re…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 20, 2019 at 9:22 PM

Re: 21,176 people died the last time this was tried.

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, I wanted to bump this again, because it's really important: Trump's new Social Security rule was previously tried and abandoned in the 1980s, a…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 20, 2019 at 4:06 PM

Re: 21,176 people died the last time this was tried

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, I wanted to bump this again, because it's really important: Trump's new Social Security rule was previously tried and abandoned in the 1980s, a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 19, 2019 at 8:48 PM

21,176 people died the last time this was tried

An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and future beneficiaries. John, American workers contribute to Social Security with every paycheck. When they do, they are earning comprehensive insurance protections. So…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 18, 2019 at 5:02 PM

Re: People suffered and died when Ronald Reagan tried this. Trump’s trying again!

We have until January 31 to stop this proposed rule put forward by Trump’s Social Security Administration. John, Donald Trump is trying to rip Social Security disability benefits away from hundreds of thousands of disabled Americans. This headline from Salon[1] …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 17, 2019 at 5:24 PM

People suffered and died when Ronald Reagan tried this. Trump’s trying again:

We have until January 31 to stop this proposed rule put forward by Trump’s Social Security Administration. Donald Trump’s administration just announced a new proposal to strip many people with disabilities of their Social Security benefits. We’re fighting back―ch…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 15, 2019 at 3:34 PM

This would make our health care system A LOT better.

The only thing stopping a vote are bought-and-paid-for politicians who bend to the will of Big Insurance and for-profit hospital lobbyists. It’s up to us to push Congress to act. Tell Congress: "Pass legislation that would end surprise medical bills before …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 13, 2019 at 7:21 PM

FAKE NEWS UPDATE: Facebook is allowing right-wing political operatives to run a Russian-style disinformation campaign

The American people used to live by a shared set of facts. We may have disagreed on the policy prescriptions, but the facts we could at least agree on. Tell Congress: "Investigate Facebook’s role in the right-wing disinformation machine. The American peopl…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 9:33 PM

Tell Congress: Pass legislation to make life-saving medicine affordable

We must end Big Pharma’s profits-over-patients business plan. Tell Congress: "Drug prices are outrageous―making many U.S. families choose between putting food on the table and paying for lifesaving prescription drugs. Pass the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (HR …

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  Michael Phelan, · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 7:53 PM

The Billionaires Strike Back

The same billionaires who want to cut our earned benefits are trying to buy the Presidency, and that’s why our movement is so important. John, Michael Bloomberg wants to buy his way into the White House. In the first week after he announced his run for President, he’…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 8, 2019 at 4:11 PM

Not another privatization “solution” from the GOP

The GOP has the same “solution” for pretty much every aspect of American life: privatize it. Tell the Postal Service Board of Governors: "Don’t privatize the U.S. Postal Service! The Postal Service is an essential part of the fabric of the country and a so…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 7, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Re: What do impeachment and Social Security have in common?

The nation is facing a looming retirement crisis, where too many workers know that they will be unable to ever retire without a drastic decrease in their standard of living. John, Congressional Republicans are afraid to debate the future of Social Security out …

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 4:20 PM

What do impeachment and Social Security have in common?

The nation is facing a looming retirement crisis, where too many workers know that they will be unable to ever retire without a drastic decrease in their standard of living. John, The facts about where Democrats and Republicans stand on Social Security are clear…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 3:33 PM

Re: Trump’s campaign is spending millions of dollars targeting older voters. What’s his strategy?

Here’s the thing: Republican politicians can’t win without seniors. That’s why we’re working to make sure that older voters know what their representatives are up to. John, The Republican plan for 2020 rests on their ability to feed unlimited misinformation to older v…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 4:40 PM

Iowa is waking up >>

Here’s the thing: Republican politicians can’t win without seniors. That’s why we’re working to make sure that older voters know what their representatives are up to. John, We put Sen. Joni Ernst on notice―and the local media took note: Sen. Ernst, who has vo…

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  Team SSW · [email protected]

November 28, 2019 at 3:11 PM

Re: Carve through the Medicare for All disinformation

John, This Thanksgiving, we're fighting to take the next step in the New Deal and expand Medicare for All. But the big money special interests are spending big to spread disinformation about what Medicare for All really means. We're setting the record straight. Read …

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  Dr. Sanjeev Sriram, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 4:27 PM

Carve through the Medicare for All disinformation

John, This Thanksgiving, Medicare for All will be a hot topic at dining room tables across America. It’s the perfect opportunity to educate our loved ones on why Medicare for All is the best, and indeed the only effective, solution to our health care crisis. I’…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 3:23 PM

What’s included in improved Medicare for All

If Medicare for All were the law of the land, health care costs would no longer consume over 40% of the average Social Security benefit--effectively increasing benefits. With Thanksgiving around the corner, and Medicare for All a hot topic, we thought it would be…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 23, 2019 at 3:39 PM

Sign if you agree: It’s time for the richest 0.2% to pay their fair share

Tell Congress: "It’s time for the wealthy to start paying their fair share. A good place to start is the Millionaires Surtax, which would apply a 10% tax on incomes of the richest 0.2%. Pass the Millionaires Surtax to raise $635 billion from America’s riche…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 7:46 PM

Who’s fighting the pharma lobbyists?

For decades, big pharma has owned Congress. John, Why are drug prices outrageously high? Corruption. Most of it is legal corruption, but what else do you call millions of dollars spent bending the political system for personal benefit? Pharmaceutical corporati…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 5:42 PM

Which states will Social Security Works PAC be fighting in during 2020?

We can beat all of them. But we have to start NOW. John, Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. Joni Ernst in Iowa. Cory Gardner in Colorado. We can beat all of them. But we have to start NOW. In 2018, Social Security Works members helped send Jon “Bowzer” Bauman to more t…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 16, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Re: SIGN NOW: Stop Mitt Romney’s plan to cut Social Security behind closed doors

Politicians don’t shut the door when they’re trying to do something popular. John, Any discussion about the future of Social Security must be done in the light of day, where the American people can see it. That’s how we protect and expand Social Security. Read …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 5:18 PM

SIGN NOW: Stop Mitt Romney’s plan to cut Social Security behind closed doors

Politicians don’t shut the door when they’re trying to do something popular. Tell Congress: "Reject Sen. Mitt Romney’s TRUST Act, which would create a fast-track process to cut Social Security behind closed doors. Any debate over the future of Social Secur…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 13, 2019 at 6:05 PM

VOTING UPDATE: Billboard in Iowa

Want your opinion to count? Take our one-click poll below, then pitch in to fund this mobile billboard and let Iowans know the truth about Sen. Joni Ernst! John― After one day of voting, we’ve got a virtual tie for which mobile billboard we’ll run in Iowa. #1 an…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 12, 2019 at 3:39 PM

VOTE: Which mobile billboard ad do you want us to run in Iowa?

John, Sen. Joni Ernst burst onto the political scene in 2014 with a campaign ad highlighting her personal history castrating hogs―but porcine testicles aren't the only thing she wants to cut. At a recent town hall meeting, Ernst admitted to her constituents tha…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 9, 2019 at 2:58 PM

for the kids

Our close ally, Stephanie Taylor, has written a great book for children called I Can Change Everything. Our friends at Strong Arm Press have published it just in time for the holidays. Here's what Stephanie said about the book: John, I’m the co-founder of the …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 3:53 PM

Sign if you agree: DC must become a state!

Corporate elites actively work to suppress the voices of the people so that they can control the levers of power themselves. DC residents’ disenfranchisement is part of that scheme. Tell Congress: "The 710,000 residents of Washington, DC are being treated a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 4:59 PM

Re: What Romney means by “fixing” Social Security

Politicians don’t shut the door when they’re trying to do something popular. John, A “fast-track” process to fix Social Security? That’s just another way of saying “behind closed doors.” Any discussion about the future of Social Security must be done in the light of…

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  Michael Phelan, · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM

What Romney means by “fixing” Social Security

Politicians don’t shut the door when they’re trying to do something popular. John, Mitt Romney ran for President seven years ago on a promise to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. He even picked Medicare’s worst enemy, Paul Ryan, to be his running mate. Fort…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 2, 2019 at 2:47 PM

Re: “How do you pay for it?”

Here’s the bottom line: Medicare for All doesn’t cost money. It saves money by eliminating the for-profit waste in the insurance system. John, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to finance Medicare For All isn’t just moral―it’s popular. New polling from Data for …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

November 1, 2019 at 8:39 PM

“How do you pay for it?”

Here’s the bottom line: Medicare for All doesn’t cost money. It saves money by eliminating the for-profit waste in the insurance system. Tell 2020 Democratic Candidates: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bold plan to build a Medicare for All system will ensure that…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 2:35 PM

Vote today! Tomorrow will be too late to help Social Security Works without opening your wallet!

Until midnight tonight, you can support Social Security Works without opening your wallet. John, Over the years, our friends at CREDO Action have donated over $500,000 to Social Security Works in our fight to protect and expand Social Security. This month we’ve…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 3:30 PM

Re: Wall Street is mad.

We’re putting Wall Street Democrats on notice. John, We’re putting Wall Street Democrats on notice. Their ringleader on the House Ways & Means Committee is Rep. Stephanie Murphy. She’s siding with Republicans to block a vote on the Social Security 2100 Act. …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 26, 2019 at 2:45 PM

Wall Street is mad.

We’re putting Wall Street Democrats on notice. John, The Social Security 2100 Act is a bill to expand Social Security―but it also puts our Social Security system on firm financial footing for the next century, removing Wall Street’s key attack on America’s most…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 25, 2019 at 1:46 PM

What's next for Medicare for All?

Medicare for All will happen because communities and states demand it. John, Together, we’re not just fighting for Medicare for All through the presidential debates and in the halls of Congress. One critical way that we’re increasing support and educating the Ame…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 1:59 PM

Re: SIGN NOW: Drug prices are too high

One cool trick to save BILLIONS for Medicare John, Every month, billions of dollars in Medicare premiums are deducted directly from Social Security checks, and wind up in the pockets of greedy pharmaceutical CEOs. That’s why we fight so hard to lower prescriptio…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 23, 2019 at 6:23 PM

SIGN NOW: Drug prices are too high

One cool trick to save BILLIONS for Medicare Tell Congress: "Drug prices are too high. The House of Representatives has a new plan that would lower drug prices for everyone, and save Medicare at least $345 billion!" ADD YOUR VOICE John, T…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 19, 2019 at 2:54 PM

Re: A golden opportunity

We can stop a 20 percent cut to Social Security. John, Fourteen years after we defeated George W. Bush’s plot to privatize Social Security, congressional Republicans and Wall Street Democrats haven’t given up. They continue to call for backroom deals to cut our earne…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 18, 2019 at 3:02 PM

A golden opportunity

For decades after Social Security’s enactment, Congress improved and expanded the program, always increasing revenue to pay for the expansions. John, Expanding Social Security is wise policy. Voting to expand Social Security is winning politics. Indeed, generati…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 17, 2019 at 8:08 PM

We went to Iowa

if politicians are doing something popular, they rarely try to keep it a secret. John, Here’s something we know about politicians: if they’re doing something popular, they rarely try to keep it a secret. So when Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said “we do need to sit do…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 16, 2019 at 5:21 PM

WATCH: Medicare for All petition delivery

These signatures were delivered to House Democrats who are yet to sign onto the Medicare for All Act. John, Our movement to pass Medicare for All starts with you. Yesterday, Social Security Works and our coalition partners delivered 2.2 million of your petition…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 15, 2019 at 5:31 PM

Add your name! Let’s overturn Citizens United

Citizens United opened the floodgates for special interest groups to spend unlimited, undisclosed amounts of money in U.S. elections. Tell Congress: "We demand you overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics." ADD YOUR VOICE …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 12, 2019 at 4:18 PM

Vote today! Let’s combine our voices to protect and expand Social Security

Together, let’s combine our voices and make sure lawmakers know where we stand: Expand, never cut, Social Security! John, We are never going to let Wall Street destroy Social Security―even when they attempt to persuade some Democrats to do their bidding. This we…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 11, 2019 at 3:27 PM

BREAKING: Social Security's COLA

Democrats in the House of Representatives have a plan that’ll increase checks for every Social Security beneficiary: The Social Security 2100 Act. John, The Social Security 2100 Act has over 200 co-sponsors in the House, but several Wall Street Democrats are ho…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 10, 2019 at 3:26 PM

BREAKING: Social Security COLA

Democrats in the House of Representatives have a plan that’ll increase checks for every Social Security beneficiary: The Social Security 2100 Act. John, The Social Security Administration just announced that Social Security benefits will rise by 1.6% next year …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 9, 2019 at 3:03 PM

Re: Trump is trying to privatize Medicare

John, For-profit “Medicare Advantage” plans are undermining traditional Medicare. Government audits show that these corporate-run plans are delaying or even denying coverage to hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of older Americans and people with disabilit…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 8, 2019 at 4:52 PM

Trump is trying to privatize Medicare

Corporate-run “Medicare Advantage” plans have overcharged taxpayers to the tune of $30 billion over three years. And while Aetna, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group are getting rich ripping off U.S. taxpayers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 5, 2019 at 1:54 PM

Don’t let Trump gaslight the American people on Medicare for All

Please, don't give us your money today. After decades of lies, the media is still falling for Trump’s schtick: What, in CNBC’s telling, is Trump protecting us from? A health care system that isn’t driven by greed and profits? According to the Trump Administrat…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 4, 2019 at 3:25 PM

Re: Trump’s Executive Order is Backdoor Privatization of Medicare

On the surface, Trump’s latest executive order appears to be an attack on Medicare for All. But when you look at the details, it’s an attack on our current Medicare system. The Trump Administration is picking up right where Paul Ryan left off: Attempting to privatize …

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

October 3, 2019 at 11:11 PM

Trump’s Executive Order is Backdoor Privatization of Medicare!

Donald Trump signed his executive order, which his communications team hyped as “defending Medicare from socialist destruction.” Here's the insidious truth: Trump’s Executive Order is Backdoor Privatization of Medicare Trump’s Executive Order will push more seniors in…

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