Did you know? that some politicians want to:
Gamble with your Social Security
They want to fix Social Security, which isn't broken, by investing the Social Security Trust Fund in the stock market.
The United Steelworkers of America Political Action Fund(Political Action Committee)
Your email pal,
Tom Lehman joseph lipofsky wrote:
> Tom Lehman wrote:
>
> > 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.
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