I signed this (or a similar one) a few days ago. I'm wondering if they are
re-sending it again?
Anyway it seems like it can't hurt (maybe could help? to sign, so I'm
forwarding the info along for your consideration. We can't have this
catastrophe!
Any comments are welcome.
Jan Santos
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From: "Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Jan Santos" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:25 AM
Subject: Tell President Obama: Fight to save benefits, not cut them!
Tell President Obama: Fight to protect Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid -- not to cut benefits!
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Protect the social safety net -- don't shred it!
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Dear Jan,
President Obama is finally taking a hard line and fighting back in a
negotiation. But unfortunately, what he's chosen to go to the mat for is a
deal that could include trillions of dollars in cuts to Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid.
The president should be working to pass a clean bill to raise the debut
ceiling. But instead, President Obama is floating a proposal that would
raise the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67. He's even suggested
Social Security accounting gimmicks that would substantially cut benefits
to seniors.
So far, the Republican leadership hasn't been able to convince their
extreme Tea Party base to ratify the massive erosion of the New Deal
offered up by the White House. There is still time to save the social
safety net. But President Obama must be convinced to fight to protect
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid -- not to cut them.
Tell President Obama: Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Click here to automatically sign the petition.
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8396&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=20
With our allies PCCC, MoveOn, and DFA, CREDO has been flooding Congress
and the White House with tens of thousands of calls from constituents who
want to protect these crucial programs. Meanwhile, Republicans are
refusing to budge even an inch from their demands for debilitating cuts to
the social safety net without even the pretense of sacrifice from oil
companies or the ultra rich. The key here is President Obama.
Republican pundit David Frum had it right when he said, "The debt ceiling
negotiations have amounted to a succession of retreats and concessions by
President Obama."1
If President Obama continues on his present course, he will enable
Republicans to push through a radical agenda to cut Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid -- a feat that even George W. Bush couldn't pass
despite a Republican Congress.
But the debt limit negotiations don't have to play out this way. There's
absolutely no reason why negotiations about the federal deficit had to
take place in the context of looming financial catastrophe if the debt
ceiling isn't raised.
By insisting that the debt ceiling vote be tied to long-term deficit
reduction, the Republicans simply took the financial health of this
country hostage. President Obama responded as though he could win the
Republicans over through appeasement. But nothing will appease the Tea
Party Republicans who are refusing to compromise on their extreme demands.
Tell President Obama: Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Click here to automatically sign the petition.
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8396&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=21
The simple fact of the matter is that Republicans are willing to tank the
economy for their perceived electoral benefit. And they're willing to
drive our economy into another recession rather than raise taxes on the
Koch brothers. If anything we should be expanding these programs, not
cutting them during this time of extreme economic duress.
You can't compromise with crazy. And President Obama's premature
capitulation isn't going to win any concessions worth putting Social
Security, Medicare and Medicaid on the chopping block.
President Obama needs to stand up for something other than "the spirit of
bipartisan compromise" with the most extreme and irresponsible elements of
the Republican Party. Tell President Obama he needs to draw a line in the
sand, for his own sake and for the good of the country. Forget the
gimmicks. Pass a clean debt ceiling bill with no cuts to vital social
services and then get on with the work of governing.
Tell President Obama: Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Click here to automatically sign the petition.
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8396&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=22
Thank you for speaking out.
Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=23
Footnote:
1 "Obama plays nice, GOP turns tough
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8400&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=24
," David Frum, CNN, July 5, 2011.
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