> Dear Doug and the LBOers,
>
> A copy of a letter on social security from George Becker, Stephen
> Yokich, James Hoffa Jr. and others on, No privatization of social
> security......
the attached comes from a weekly e mail update from the afl-cio-are the uaw, uswa, teamsters et al taking a different position than the afl?
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, ROUND 1 Next week, the House
and Senate are expected to vote on competing plans to
finance Social Security. One proposal, supported by the AFL-
CIO, contains President Clinton s plan to strengthen Social
Security and Medicare by reserving 77 percent of the
combined federal surlus which includes non-Social Security
surpluses along with the Social Security trust fund to
preserve those two vital working family programs. The GOP
leadership s plan ignores Medicare, doesn t commit a single
new dollar to Social Security beyond what is already in the
trust fund and opens the door for more tax cuts for the rich
and replacing Social Security with private accounts. The
plan claims to be a "lockbox," but the legislative trapdoor
that allows surplus monies to be used for private accounts
makes it more like an "unsafe" deposit box. It is crucial
that working families speak up in support of the president s
proposal. Call your representatives in Congress toll-free at
1-877-722-7494 and urge them to support President Clinton's
standard for strengthening Social Security and Medicare.