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John,
With less than one month until the United States defaults on its debt, plunging the economy into chaos and leading to millions of Americans losing their jobs, Republicans are still demanding a ransom in exchange for allowing our country to pay its bills.
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Joe Biden is right to demand no concessions in exchange for avoiding default: Because if we give in to terrorists, this will never end.
Right now, Republicans claim not to be targeting Social Security benefits, only the administrative funding that has kept payments delivered in full and on time for nearly a century.
But even if Biden gives in and meets every one of their demands, closing Social Security offices, cutting veterans’ services, meals for seniors, school funding, and more―what will they ask for next year?
We already know that Republicans from Kevin McCarthy to Mitch McConnell to Rick Scott to Mitt Romney were all eager to demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare this year in exchange for increasing the debt ceiling before settling on their current package. If legislating by extortion is normalized, what comes next? Social Security? Medicare? Demanding the president’s resignation?
That’s why we’re fighting so hard for a clean package to allow America to pay its bills―and why we need to be sure that Republican hostage-takers pay a price. Donate $7 today to save our economy from Republicans!
We’re going to continue placing billboards from coast to coast, making the hostage-takers pay the price.
Thank you,
Michael Phelan
Social Security Works
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