⤵️ These Republicans want our Social Security
Do you know what it means when someone takes your money and refuses to return it? It's called STEALING, and we can not let these corrupt REPUBLICANS get away with it.
Buckle up. Yes, it’s true. Republicans are coming for our SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID.1
SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID ARE EARNED BENEFITS
They are not handouts but a result of our hard work and contributions. Deducted from your paychecks and in taxes to ensure that if you need them to use when you retire, need medical assistance, or need a helping hand with health care, these EARNED BENEFITS are there for you.
Do you know what it means when someone takes your money and refuses to return it? It's called STEALING, and we can not let these corrupt REPUBLICANS get away with it.
Right now, the rich and powerful are taking advantage of everyday working and retired folks by paying less into these programs. That is called stealing. And it gets worse: if Trump is elected President, Republicans want to go all in and steal the remainder of Earned Benefits.2 All of it!
House Republicans released a Budget that proposes significant cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and healthcare while favoring the wealthy and large corporations.3 The budget plan includes:
Cuts to Medicare and Social Security amounting to over $1.5 trillion, including raising the retirement age to 69 and cutting disability benefits, while increasing Medicare costs for seniors and transitioning to a premium support system that would raise premiums for many seniors.
Cuts of $4.5 trillion to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program over ten years, potentially stripping coverage from millions, particularly impacting seniors, children, and people with disabilities, while risking a return to pre-existing condition exclusions and gender-based insurance pricing.
Passes $5.5 trillion in tax cuts heavily benefiting the wealthy and large corporations, while eliminating clean energy tax credits, weakening consumer protections, and raising housing costs by cutting rental assistance and mortgage funding. These actions are projected to harm job growth and investment, particularly in communities across the nation, including those in traditionally Republican states.
To fix Social Security's funding, Biden...suggested lifting the annual payroll tax cap — currently limited to $168,600 in wages4 — to "make the wealthy pay their fair share."5
I agree one thousand percent with this statement made by President Biden "I'm not anti-corporation. I'm a capitalist man. Make all the money you want. Just begin to pay your fair share in taxes. A fair tax code is how we invest in things that make this country great."6
Biden and the Democrats are proposing that the wealthy pay their fair share through the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act7 and the Social Security 2100 Act.8 These two acts would shore up a wobbly system and ensure the rich and powerful pay their fair share. Some would claim that the ultra wealthy do not take advantage of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, but I would argue that the ultra wealthy make ample use of the infrastructure (roadways, bridges, nationwide access to the internet, etc...) that we, the people, pay for through our fair share of taxes. We must demand their contribution to the totality of American life.
Now is the time for all good people to advocate for our rights and freedoms and oppose greed and wealth inequality.
Will you join us in taking a few quick and easy actions?
Tell Trump: Hands off Social Security and Medicare
Sign the petition to Congress: Protect Social Security by making the wealthy pay their fair share!
Sign Now: Demand that millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share into Social Security
Sign the Civic Shout petition: Expand Social Security
Sign the petition: Expand Social Security
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/21/fact-sheet-80-of-house-republicans-release-plan-targeting-medicare-social-security-and-the-affordable-care-act-raising-costs-and-cutting-taxes-for-the-wealthy/
https://www.salon.com/2023/10/26/new-speaker-mike-johnson-has-proposed-trillions-in-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare_partner/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/21/fact-sheet-80-of-house-republicans-release-plan-targeting-medicare-social-security-and-the-affordable-care-act-raising-costs-and-cutting-taxes-for-the-wealthy/
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/cbb.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/08/state-of-the-union-biden-says-wealthy-should-pay-fair-share-to-social-security.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/11/biden-budget-proposal
https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/whitehouse-boyle-legislation-to-protect-social-security-for-all-make-wealthiest-pay-fairer-share-will-extend-solvency-indefinitely
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4583