Michael Phelan, Social Security Works Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 8, 2020 at 6:30 PM

What’s in it for Trump?

The only reason to support this policy over better targeted, more efficient measures is if your true goal is to undermine Social Security. John, Last night at his briefing, Donald Trump addressed his scheme to defund Social Security by deferring FICA contributions as …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM

Re: Trump has been attacking our earned benefits for his entire administration.

Trump has been attacking our earned benefits throughout his entire administration John, Social Security is an earned benefit. Workers contribute with every paycheck, giving them the right to collect benefits when they retire due to old age or disability. Now, a…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 6, 2020 at 7:12 PM

Trump has been attacking our earned benefits for his entire administration.

Trump has been attacking our earned benefits throughout his entire administration John, Our Social Security system receives dedicated funding from every paycheck issued. That’s why it can’t go bankrupt―as long as people are earning paychecks, money is going into…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 4, 2020 at 2:33 PM

Vote by mail... but only for seniors

Trump has pushed for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid every year of his Presidency John, Even as his dithering enabled a pandemic that threatens the lives of seniors, Trump’s campaign hasn’t slowed its Facebook ad spending targeting seniors. These a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 2, 2020 at 10:30 PM

Vote by Mail!

Many poll workers are older. And many polling locations are in senior centers. Tell the States: "Implement voluntary Vote by Mail this Election Day to strengthen our democracy and protect all of us―particularly older voters and people with compromised immu…

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  Michael Phelan, · [email protected]

April 2, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Seniors will get their $1200. But not Veterans.

John, VICTORY: After public pressure from Social Security Works and our allies around the country, the Trump administration has reversed its decision to force Social Security beneficiaries to file a tax return in order to receive the $1200 that they were entitled to u…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 1, 2020 at 8:21 PM

PSA: The Trump Administration is blocking $1200 payments to seniors. Here's how to get yours:

This policy does nothing but confuse and frustrate seniors and people with disabilities Public Service Announcement: If you normally do not file a tax return, we urge you to do so this month in order to receive your $1,200 CARES Act payment. Even if we are…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 31, 2020 at 3:49 PM

We're ordering masks

John, Doctors and Nurses are putting their lives on the line during the COVID-19 epidemic. We’ve seen heartbreaking images on social media of health care workers wrapped in trash bags, with inadequate masks, still treating patients at the risk of their own lives―…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 29, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Re: Only the old and weak will die

We’re a society, and we have a responsibility to look out for each other. The President’s obsession with a ‘return to normal,’ while he withholds vital medical equipment from the states hit hardest, is nothing short of homicidal. The President spends most of his time…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 28, 2020 at 2:31 PM

Only the old and weak will die

We’re a society, and we have a responsibility to look out for each other. John, In this time of crisis, we must all come together and declare―young, old, disabled, rich, poor: No one gets left behind. This past week has made me sick to my stomach. As Americans…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 8:46 PM

UPDATE: Donald Trump is putting doctors and nurses in danger.

Every day that the president refuses to act puts doctors and nurses in danger. John, Social Security Works has been calling for Trump to force production of ventilators and medical protective equipment to make sure doctors and nurses have what they need to fight …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Ventilators

Every day that he waits will literally cost lives. This bill will force him. Tell Congress: "Pass the Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act which directs Donald Trump to activate the Defense Production Act to require U.S. manufacturers to pivot their product…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM

Donald Trump is putting doctors and nurses in danger.

Every day that the president refuses to act puts doctors and nurses in danger. Tell Congress: "Pass the Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act which directs Donald Trump to activate the Defense Production Act, authorizing the president in times of crisis to re…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 25, 2020 at 8:36 PM

ALERT: The Social Security trap is in the Senate bill

Senate bill cuts Social Security’s dedicated funding--Can you call the House to make sure they take it out before it’s too late? John, The Senate’s third response package to the COVID-19 pandemic is about to pass. The House of Representatives will vote on it tom…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 25, 2020 at 3:48 PM

Re: Trump's war on seniors gets literal

We can’t rebuild the economy on the backs of dead seniors and people with disabilities. John, Last night, Fox News’ Brit Hume called the Texas Lt. Governor’s suggestion that seniors would willingly die to restore the economy “an entirely reasonable viewpoint.” Hume i…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 6:30 PM

We can’t rebuild the economy on the backs of dead seniors and people with disabilities.

We can’t rebuild the economy on the backs of dead seniors and people with disabilities. John, Donald Trump and his Republican cronies are demanding human sacrifices in their war on seniors. Think I’m overselling it? Last night, Donald Trump went on TV and promised t…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 22, 2020 at 5:31 PM

URGENT: Congress is handing Donald Trump a $450 billion slush fund

Mitch McConnell is trying to cram through a bailout package that would give the Trump administration a massive slush fund―without any protections for workers. John, It’s clear: Republicans see the pandemic crisis as an opportunity to reach into our pockets and l…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 21, 2020 at 7:16 PM

Trump’s economic advisor says cuts to Social Security’s dedicated funding are coming.

Donald Trump’s favorite attack has been eliminating Social Security’s dedicated revenue for the rest of the year, laying a post-election trap for Democrats. John, Since the COVID-19 pandemic came to America, we’ve warned that Trump and his Republican allies in C…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 21, 2020 at 1:00 PM

RESIGN: Burr & Loeffler

Tell Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler: "You had inside information. Instead of using it to protect the American people, you chose to profit off of a global crisis and pump coronavirus-denial propaganda. Now, you must resign from the Senate." …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 20, 2020 at 6:30 PM

These Senators put their personal profits ahead of public health

At a moment when they could have been using their offices to protect seniors and people with disabilities who are now in mortal danger, they looked for ways to profit. John, Reports came out last night that Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler personally dum…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 7:30 PM

Re: The pandemic is spotlighting families that are food insecure, families that are homeless. It is exposing what happens when there is no national right to paid sick leave, paid family leave or universal health insurance.

More was required, if we were to be better prepared the next time. John, Nancy wrote yesterday about FDR's lessons from the last great depression. The beauty of Social Security is that it is a simple, universal system. And as lawmakers design the economic respon…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 4:37 PM

The CDC has weakened its guidelines to allow hospitals to put health care workers at risk of exposure.

The COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act would protect frontline health care workers, patients and the public during this crisis. John, Congress has now passed two bills that begin to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. But neither bill p…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 5:40 PM

The pandemic is spotlighting families that are food insecure, families that are homeless. It is exposing what happens when there is no national right to paid sick leave, paid family leave or universal health insurance.

More was required, if we were to be better prepared the next time. John, As our nation struggles to address the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers―and all of us—should learn from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression. That too was a …

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 9:08 PM

GOOD NEWS Re: Trump’s plan to rob money from Social Security

More than half of the money from Trump's economic response comes from Social Security We have good news for a change. It appears that Donald Trump is backing off his demand to cut Social Security’s dedicated revenue in favor of direct cash assistance.1 That’s g…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Trump’s plan to rob money from Social Security

More than half of the money from Trump's economic response comes from Social Security John, This is a RED ALERT. Donald Trump is using the COVID-19 pandemic to sneak through a MASSIVE attack on our Social Security system.1 Trump is calling in for $850 billion …

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March 16, 2020 at 7:17 PM

Re: It’s a trap!

Eliminating payroll contributions is a terrible idea in so many ways. John, The Senate is back in session after a long weekend, but they have not taken up the House’s emergency package to offer relief amid the pandemic. We don’t yet know how it will change, bu…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 15, 2020 at 3:22 PM

It’s a trap!

Eliminating payroll contributions is a terrible idea in so many ways. John, Donald Trump is fixated on including a “payroll tax cut” for the rest of the year in the COVID-19 economic response package. Eliminating payroll contributions is a terrible idea in so …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 14, 2020 at 3:17 PM

Re: Don’t Panic. Prepare.

A pandemic can overwhelm our health care system’s capacity, exacerbating the crisis. It takes solidarity to get through a pandemic, John. Everyone who washes their hands a few extra times, practices “social distancing,” and takes affirmative steps not to get in…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 2:26 PM

How we help seniors and people with disabilities.

A pandemic can overwhelm our health care system’s capacity, exacerbating the crisis. Tell the US Government: "Don’t panic about COVID-19, prepare! Take immediate measures to prepare the American health care system for this pandemic." ADD YOUR VOICE…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 12, 2020 at 5:45 PM

Re: Donald Trump would like to eliminate Social Security’s dedicated funding. Permanently.

Social Security has been protected from cuts over its 84 years precisely because the American people have been so invested in it. John, Trump is still trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to destroy Social Security’s dedicated funding. This week, he met with …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 11, 2020 at 4:46 PM

Donald Trump would like to eliminate Social Security’s dedicated funding, permanently.

Social Security has been protected from cuts over its 84 years precisely because the American people have been so invested in it. John, Republicans don’t want to waste this crisis. With a pandemic spooking stock markets and threatening the lives of seniors and p…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 10, 2020 at 5:29 PM

This response to coronavirus makes zero sense:

We can’t allow Trump and Republicans in Congress to undermine Social Security and Medicare in response to the coronavirus. Tell Your Representatives in Congress: "Social Security’s dedicated funding is threatened by Donald Trump’s payroll tax cut. There ar…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 8, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Trump’s idea of protecting Social Security and Medicare.

If that doesn’t sound like protecting Social Security and Medicare to you, fight back! John, After Donald Trump revealed on a Fox News town hall that he wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare, his campaign is trying to play cleanup. He just tweeted: “I will …

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 7, 2020 at 2:55 PM

Re: Trump gives away the game on Social Security

Cutting Social Security and Medicare isn’t something Republicans regret, but something they relish. John, Donald Trump is taking out of both sides of his mouth on Social Security. In public, he claims he will protect it, but he keeps giving interviews where he p…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 6, 2020 at 4:02 PM

It happened again:

Cutting Social Security and Medicare isn’t something Republicans regret, but something they relish. John, It happened again. Donald Trump, giving a Town Hall on Fox News last night, promised to cut Social Security and Medicare if re-elected.1 But this time, ther…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 4, 2020 at 5:22 PM

SIGN NOW: We demand an election free from lies and disinformation

Facts are under attack. Donald Trump’s war on truth is really a war on seniors―and it’s being fought on Facebook. Tell Facebook: "American democracy cannot afford another U.S. election that is deeply polluted by false information spread on online platform…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 2, 2020 at 7:57 PM

Join Rep. Rashida Tlaib to hear how cities and states can fight for Medicare for All

RSVP for our March 4 webinar with Rep. Tlaib, Dr. Abdul El Sayed, Larry Cohen from Our Revolution and more! John, This Wednesday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib is joining a webinar about the fight for Medicare for All. Click here to RSVP for the webinar with Rashida on Wedn…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 29, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Keep Americans safe, pass Medicare for All

It’s time to stop thinking that unlimited money to “keep Americans safe” can only be spent on planes and bombs. John, With a coronavirus pandemic looming, America’s for-profit health care system is taking center stage. So is the necessity for Medicare for All. …

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 25, 2020 at 6:53 PM

Bloomberg (still) wants to cut Social Security

Bloomberg has a long history of supporting cuts to Social Security, including raising the retirement age John, Last week, we saw Mike Bloomberg take the debate stage and get exposed as a racist, sexist, authoritarian billionaire, just like Donald Trump. One comm…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 24, 2020 at 8:53 PM

Re: Susan Collins.

Let’s make sure Mainers know the truth about Susan Collins. John, Senator Susan Collins has received $1.4 million in donations from people representing drug and insurance corporations, according to campaign finance records. So, it should be no surprise that Sena…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM

We are going to make sure every Mainer knows the TRUTH about Susan Collins’s record on pharmaceuticals

Let’s make sure Mainers know the truth about Susan Collins. John, Senator Susan Collins of Maine has received a whopping $1.4 million in donations from people representing drug and insurance corporations. So, it should come as no surprise that Susan Collins is t…

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February 22, 2020 at 4:31 PM

Re: Why is the media repeating Trump’s lies?

If the media just repeats Donald Trump’s lies, then seniors will not know what he’s doing. John, Did you see Alex's email? The corporate media is uncritically repeating Trump's lies, misleading seniors and endangering our Social Security system. Chip in to Social Sec…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 21, 2020 at 7:49 PM

Here’s the problem:

If the media just repeats Donald Trump’s lies, then seniors will not know what he’s doing. John, Republicans need seniors to win elections, and Donald Trump’s policies are disastrous for seniors. Here’s the problem: If the media just repeats Donald Trump’s lie…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 19, 2020 at 4:16 PM

#ScrapTheCap

People are only required to pay into Social Security on their first $137,700 of income. And while 94% of U.S. workers pay into Social Security year-round, millionaires hit that mark today. Tell Congress: "When millionaires pay their fair share into Social …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 15, 2020 at 3:28 PM

Mnuchin: Tax cuts for me, Social Security cuts for thee

Mnuchin, like most of Trump’s administration, treats the government like a personal piggy bank. John, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin made a fortune out of bilking American families as a “foreclosure king.” Now, he has the audacity to testify before the Senate that …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 14, 2020 at 8:28 PM

“it’s not a cut, it’s a reduction.”

Only a true creature of Wall Street could try telling people that even though they are getting less money it isn't really a cut. John, This week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) took down Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Trump’s disgusti…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 14, 2020 at 4:38 PM

“it’s not a cut, it’s a reduction”

Only a true creature of Wall Street could try telling people that even though they are getting less money it isn't really a cut. John, This week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) took down Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Trump’s disgusti…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 13, 2020 at 5:19 PM

Re: Disgusting.

His budget speaks to his true priorities in a way that his dishonest tweets don’t. That’s why Social Security Works is launching a campaign to make sure every American voter knows Trump’s real agenda! John, Donald Trump's cruel budget has made his true prioritie…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 12, 2020 at 9:07 PM

Disgusting!

His budget speaks to his true priorities in a way that his dishonest tweets don’t. That’s why Social Security Works is launching a campaign to make sure every American voter knows Trump’s real agenda! John, Donald Trump is looking to cut trillions from the federa…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM

Disgusting.

His budget speaks to his true priorities in a way that his dishonest tweets don’t. That’s why Social Security Works is launching a campaign to make sure every American voter knows Trump’s real agenda! John, Donald Trump is looking to cut trillions from the federa…

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