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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 9, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Mitch McConnell doesn't care about Trump's Social Security crisis

Democrats have a bill that would protect our Social Security contributions from Trump's scheme John, After a 25 day vacation, the Senate is finally preparing to do something about the economic crisis that Americans are facing in the wake of our utter failure to m…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 6, 2020 at 3:07 PM

The Trump administration’s failed response to the pandemic has cost nearly 200,000 lives in the U.S.

In order to combat the current pandemic crisis and be ready for what comes next, we need Congress to pass a robust Pandemic Prevention Plan. Tell Congress: "The Trump administration’s failed response to the pandemic has cost nearly 200,000 lives in the U.S…
  Linda Benesch, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 5, 2020 at 2:16 PM

Donald Trump’s Social Security crisis

The funding crisis that Donald Trump is creating is sparking outrage that could cost him the election. Here’s the Washington Post on the reaction of some workers: John, If Donald Trump has his way, Social Security will stop paying benefits in 2023. It sounds ex…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 4, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Re: Social Security could come to a screeching halt.

Trump’s unilateral, unprecedented step of deferring the collection of payroll taxes, the backbone of Social Security, is the first step in his murder plot. John, We’ve made thousands of calls to Congress, urging action to stop Donald Trump’s plan to raid Social Securi…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 2, 2020 at 11:37 PM

Re: Defunding Social Security starts TODAY.

Every Senator who sits silent is complicit in Trump’s dismantling of our Social Security system. John, I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss this: As of yesterday, Trump’s attack on Social Security takes effect. Many employers―including the Federal Government―wil…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
September 2, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Joe Biden & Kamala Harris

Elizabeth Warren, Social Security Works and our allies are hosting a phone bank tonight! Elizabeth Warren, Social Security Works and our allies are hosting a phone bank tomorrow! Donald Trump has taken dead aim at our Social Security system. If Trump is re-e…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
September 1, 2020 at 8:33 PM

Trump is putting our Social Security system into crisis

Every Senator who sits silent is complicit in Trump’s dismantling of our Social Security system. John, Donald Trump’s assault on Social Security’s funding takes effect today. On Friday, the IRS issued guidance for corporations not to withhold Social Security c…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 29, 2020 at 2:44 PM

Here's proof

The choice on Election Day is clear: We have a president who is raiding Social Security’s dedicated funding and a presidential candidate in Joe Biden who will protect and expand Social Security. John, The choice on Election Day is clear: We have a president who …
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 27, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Susan Collins is silent as Trump raids Social Security

Mainers deserve to know where their Senator stands―that’s why we’ve got billboard trucks driving around Maine, urging Mainers to call Collins: John, Sen. Susan Collins claims that she wants to “strengthen” Social Security. Yet Collins is silent as Trump has promised …
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 26, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Re: The call is coming from inside the Social Security Administration

Let’s be clear: Social Security is on the ballot this November. John, Since Social Security’s Chief Actuary sounded the alarm that Trump’s plan to defund Social Security would eliminate benefits by the end of his second term, Social Security Works members have m…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 23, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Don’t give up on Medicare for All

That’s why it’s critical that our health care system brings everybody in, and leaves nobody out. Tell Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: "We haven’t given up on Medicare for All. With millions going uninsured during the pandemic-fueled downturn, it’s clearer tha…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 22, 2020 at 12:15 PM

This isn’t how you run the postal service.

Trump’s treason has impacts beyond our democracy―though we shouldn’t look past that. Tell the USPS Board of Governors: Louis DeJoy is utterly unfit to serve as Postmaster General. It is your responsibility to ensure that the USPS is functional, and DeJoy is…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 19, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Ending FICA contributions doesn’t help

In a crisis like this, we need pressure to come from everywhere. John, Need proof that Trump’s plan to defund and destroy Social Security is crumbling? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce―which represents many of the corporations who would benefit most from the suspension o…
  Ady Barkan Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 18, 2020 at 8:40 PM

No matter what

We cannot be deterred by the fact that Medicare for All isn’t in the Democratic Party platform. The time to pass this law is now, and we’re not backing down. John, I’m honored to be speaking at the DNC tonight. Over the past four years, I’ve gone from being a h…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 18, 2020 at 3:43 PM

The mail is late

During the pandemic, the USPS has been a godsend for in-person services that carry risk of spreading COVID, especially for older Americans. John, The very first Social Security check was sent through the mail to Ida May Fuller, 80 years ago. Since then, millions…
  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 17, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Re: A big coalition fighting Trump’s attack on Social Security

Trump is exactly the “damn politician” FDR had in mind. John, When Donald Trump promised to defund and destroy Social Security in his second term, we pulled together a big coalition across the progressive movement to stand up an oppose him! Since then, Trump h…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 16, 2020 at 3:28 PM

Add your name! Congress must mandate affordable pricing for any new, taxpayer-funded COVID-19 vaccine

We are not going to let this happen. Tell Congress: "We demand that a future COVID-19 vaccine be made available to everyone, regardless of ability to pay." ADD YOUR VOICE John, Donald Trump has completely mismanaged the COVID-19 pandemi…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 15, 2020 at 2:56 PM

Kamala vs. PolitiFact

Failure and innocence aren’t the same thing. That’s why Attempted Murder is a crime. John, The corporate media establishment is lining up behind Donald Trump to obscure his real positions. First, they defended Trump’s calls for Social Security cuts, then they d…
  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Happy Birthday to Social Security - Crown Jewel of the New Deal

This momentous day did not happen without a fight. Eighty-five years ago, on August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. On that momentous day, he proclaimed:1 “If the Senate and the House of Representatives in thi…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
August 14, 2020 at 3:08 PM

Re: A no-brainer endorsement

Donald Trump made this one easy. Hope you can join us for this afternoon's event commemorating Social Security 85th birthday with Dr. Jill Biden! Sign up here. -Michael John, Donald Trump made this one easy. He proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as Pr…
  Team Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
August 13, 2020 at 5:58 PM

Social Security is on the ballot

Donald Trump made this one easy. John, Donald Trump made this one easy. He proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as President, and has decided that a closing message for his campaign is to terminate Social Security’s dedicated funding completely. Joe Bi…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 12, 2020 at 4:44 PM

STOP Trump’s raid on Social Security funding!

Trump is exactly the “damn politician” FDR had in mind. Tell Congress: "Donald Trump’s executive order, instructing the Treasury Department to stop collecting payments into Social Security, raids Social Security’s dedicated funding and threatens the econom…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 5:33 PM

Trump & McConnell are a deadly combination

Trump would be fully unshackled from public accountability in a second term. Donald Trump reiterated his claim over the weekend: If re-elected, he will move to cut off Social Security’s funding permanently. Mitch McConnell supports this. Why? Because it creates a…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
August 10, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Donald Trump and Steve Daines want to defund Social security

Donald Trump and Steve Daines want to defund Social Security John, Over the weekend, Donald Trump promised to “terminate” Social Security’s dedicated funding permanently! Most Republican Senators have been mum about this cruel attack on our earned benefits, but…
  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 9, 2020 at 12:23 AM

Today, Trump promised to 'terminate' Social Security

In 2016, Donald Trump ran for President on the claim that he was ‘the only Republican that doesn’t want to cut Social Security.’ It was a dubious claim then―he had proposed privatizing it in a book published in 2000. Today, while running for reelection, he’s no…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 2:23 PM

Time bomb

That’s a mess that the next President will have to clean up John, More details are coming out about Trump’s plot to defund Social Security―and the trap he’s laying for the next President is clear. As we’ve said, completely eliminating FICA contributions―which he call…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 12:37 AM

UPDATE: EMERGENCY: Trump’s Executive Order defunding Social Security

Trump’s unilateral actions don’t just create a constitutional crisis―they’re a recipe for another Great Depression. UPDATE: Tonight, Donald Trump took the stage at a golf club he owns, before a crowd of rich people swilling wine and held a press conference threa…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 7, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Trump is shredding the constitution for THIS?

Trump’s unilateral actions don’t just create a constitutional crisis―they’re a recipe for another Great Depression. John, BREAKING: Yesterday afternoon, Trump announced that he was preparing an executive order asking the IRS to stop collecting Social Security an…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 8:12 PM

BREAKING: Donald Trump announced his plan to defund Social Security by fiat

The only way to stop this is if enough members of Congress speak up against this unconstitutional power grab. John, Over the weekend, one of Trump’s senior advisors proposed that Trump ignore Congress and stop collecting Social Security funding unilaterally. To…
  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman , Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Re: This is how Democrats should act

Porter and Kim both flipped districts that had been Republican-held for a decade or more. But instead of cowering and signing on to weaselly deficit scaremongering, they’ve stood up for Social Security and Medicare at every turn! John, Hey there―I’m President of…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 5, 2020 at 4:13 PM

Katie Porter

Porter and Kim both flipped districts that had been Republican-held for a decade or more. But instead of cowering and signing on to weaselly deficit scaremongering, they’ve stood up for Social Security and Medicare at every turn! John, There are two kinds of fir…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 3, 2020 at 6:49 PM

Trump eyeing defunding Social Security by fiat

With Congress unwilling to do his dirty work, Trump advisors are looking for a way to defund Social Security by fiat John, Together, we mobilized and defeated Trump’s plan to force Congress to defund Social Security in the next round of COVID-19 relief. But his …
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 2, 2020 at 3:27 PM

Re: The worst

We will defeat every attack on our Social Security, every single time. But special emphasis will be given to any lawmaker who attempts to do so under the cover of this deadly pandemic. John, Wall Street has its hooks into members of both parties. Last month, 60 of Wal…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
August 1, 2020 at 3:48 PM

The worst

We will defeat every attack on our Social Security, every single time. But special emphasis will be given to any lawmaker who attempts to do so under the cover of this deadly pandemic. John, For most of us, Covid-19 is a devastating crisis. But for some politicians in…
  Nancy J. Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Republicans want to cut Medicare during a pandemic that’s killing seniors (seems bad)

Imagine how much worse off we would be right now if Medicare and Medicaid did not exist. John, On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. 55 years later, on July 30, 2020, as an unprecedented pandemic grips the nation, R…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 3:13 PM

We can't let Mitch change the law to protect negligent companies

stop siding with the virus Tell Congress: "Nursing homes and other companies that recklessly expose workers, customers, and seniors to COVID-19 must be held accountable. People throughout our country won’t be safe if they can’t enforce their rights. We mus…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 4:08 PM

A right-wing wishlist, while people are dying

McConnell’s plan belongs in the garbage. We’re launching a campaign to put it there John, Yesterday, Mitch McConnell released the latest Republican COVID response package. It includes the TRUST Act, which sets up a closed-door commission to cut Social Security a…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Should a Senate full of losers cut Social Security?

We need to stop the TRUST Act before it’s too late! John, As of this moment, the COVID-19 bill that Mitch McConnell is poised to introduce will include the TRUST Act, a proposal championed by Mitt Romney to set up a fast-track commission to cut Social Security …
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 26, 2020 at 12:57 PM

Hostages

The virus isn’t going away on its own. We have to fight it. John, At the end of the month, the initial round of COVID-19 relief expires. That means more than 10 million people could be evicted from their homes. It means the 40 million unemployed people will los…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 25, 2020 at 3:57 PM

Re: Put the Senate on notice

There’s another word for using the TRUST Act to cut Social Security and Medicare to “pay for” expanded unemployment benefits during a pandemic: Raiding Social Security. John, Mitch McConnell is planning on releasing his COVID-19 emergency package on Monday. And in it …
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 24, 2020 at 4:43 PM

Put the Senate on notice

There’s another word for using the TRUST Act to cut Social Security and Medicare to “pay for” expanded unemployment benefits during a pandemic: Raiding Social Security. John, For now, Trump’s proposal to defund Social Security is OUT of the emergency package the Senat…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 10:52 PM

We’re winning, but we haven’t won.

The Republican package will be unveiled on Monday―but right now, Mitch McConnell says the TRUST Act is in it. John, When Donald Trump promised to veto any COVID relief bill without cuts to Social Security’s dedicated funding, we launched an all-out campaign to f…
  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Payroll tax update (please read)

He has threatened to veto any COVID aid package that doesn’t include a cut to the “payroll tax”—Social Security’s dedicated revenue. John, Donald Trump is obsessed with defunding Social Security. In the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, millions of Americans are…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 4:41 PM

2 Senators who want to destroy Social Security

Even their own colleague, Sen. Chuck Grassley, admits that Trump’s FICA cut is effectively raiding Social Security. John, Yesterday, the Trump administration presented its plan to defund Social Security to the Republican Senate caucus. Reports say that we’re win…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Trump’s Time Bomb

Even Republican Senators are admitting that Trump’s so-called “payroll tax” is raiding Social Security. John, Details are coming out about the Republican proposal to defund Social Security, and here’s what’s clear: It’s even more dangerous than we thought―It’s …
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 20, 2020 at 4:37 PM

Re: “No damn politician”

After trying and failing for decades to scrap the program, Trump and his Republcian cronies are out to scrap Social Security’s dedicated funding, the “payroll tax”. John, Donald Trump has announced that he will veto any COVID relief bill that doesn't include his new p…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 19, 2020 at 5:11 PM

“No damn politician”

After trying and failing for decades to scrap the program, Trump and his Republcian cronies are out to scrap Social Security’s dedicated funding, the “payroll tax”. John, Americans built our Social Security system together over the past 80+ years. While Wall Street ha…
  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 18, 2020 at 3:36 PM

Re: The Trap

Remember: Eliminating Social Security’s dedicated revenue is a trap for the Biden administration. John, 40 million Americans who have lost their jobs are being held hostage by Donald Trump so that he can defund Social Security. Next week, Congress is coming tog…
  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 17, 2020 at 5:58 PM

The Trap

Remember: Eliminating Social Security’s dedicated revenue is a trap for the Biden administration. John, The Washington Post just reported:[1] “Trump payroll tax cut proposal” means eliminating Social Security and Medicare’s dedicated funding. It goes hand-in-ha…
  Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, Social Security Works · [email protected]
July 16, 2020 at 6:08 PM

Polls show that seniors don’t like being treated as human sacrifices

Over 57,000 nursing home residents and workers have died of COVID-19. John, Donald Trump’s poll numbers are in freefall with older voters. In 2016, Trump won voters over 65 by 13 points. But now, polls show Joe Biden with a ten point lead1 among all voters over 65, an…