Truth on Social Security

Tuesday February 22nd- Washington’s Birthday – The Day of Truth
Call for the Truth on Social Security
There is great deal of misinformation circulating in Washington by those who want to destroy Social Security. They say that Social Security is going bankrupt and somehow Social Security has contributed to our deficit problem. They say the only solution is to raise the retirement age, cut benefits or to move toward privatization .

The TRUTH IS
· Social Security is not in crisis and is not going bankrupt – currently we have 2.6 Trillion in reserves and can pay out full benefits for the next quarter century, until 2037.
· Social Security does not contribute to the deficit it is in its own special trust fund. By law Social Security cannot spend money this is not in its Trust Fund, so it is not allowed to contribute to the deficit
· Right now the Social Security tax is capped and only paid on income up to $106,800 a year. If we made higher income wage earners pay on all of their income (Scrap the Cap)- the Social Security trust fund would last till 2083.
· The Truth is there is no reason to raise the retirement age or to cut benefit or to privatize Social Security ! SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS!

We Need You To Call Senator Schumer Today!
Senator Schumer has been and is a big defender of Social Security.
We need him to publicly set the record straight on Social Security

Tell Senator Schumer :
Senator Schumer thank you for your support of Social Security – Today we need your voice more then ever to defend the truth about Social Security . It is not enough to just say that you are against privatization, we need you to publicly speak out against raising the retirement age and reducing benefits. Thank You!

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