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 ----- Original Message ----- 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! http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8395&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=13 Protect the social safety net -- don't shred it! http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8395&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=14 Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition: "President Obama: Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Don't cave to Republicans and put some of the most important and successful programs in our country on the chopping block." http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8396&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=16 Automatically add your name: http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8396&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=17 Learn more about this campaign http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=8397&id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx&t=19 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. ________________ To remove yourself (Jan Santos) from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/s?i=24268-4226041-8scgjbx To change your email address or update your contact info, please visit: http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=24268-4226041-8scgjbx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3768 - Release Date: 07/16/11 06:56:00 VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. 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