02-21-2017, 01:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2017, 02:05 PM by Eric the Green.)
When Senate Republicans confirmed Rep. Mick Mulvaney as Trump's budget director they aimed a big gun at Social Security -- despite Trump's campaign promise to never cut it.
Mulvaney is co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, the most extreme element of the Tea Party. He described Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" and argued that we must "end Medicare as we know it."
We were winning the Social Security battle. But it's back in the crosshairs -- and we need Democrats to fight with backbone. Will you sign our petition telling congressional Democrats and Republicans the public will punish any lawmaker who supports cutting Social Security and Medicare?
Sign the petition and tell Congress we want expanded benefits to meet the needs of our families, not cuts.
During his hearings, a senator asked Mulvaney if Trump knew of his desire to cut these programs when he nominated him to control Trump's budget. Mulvaney said, "The president knew what he was getting when he asked me to fill his role." Make no mistake, that is a threat.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has been a leader in the fight to protect and expand Social Security since 2011 -- when even a Democratic White House supported cuts. Together with MoveOn, other progressive grassroots allies, and our friends in Congress, we changed the national debate from how much to cut Social Security to how much to expand it.
A big majority of Senate and House Democrats are now on record in support of expanding Social Security benefits.
But with Trump in the White House, Republicans controlling Congress, and Trump's cabinet packed with people more than happy to "throw grandma off a cliff," all this is at risk. Merely being on record won't be enough.
Democrats will have to fight with backbone or generations of grandmothers and grandfathers could suffer. We must send a signal that voters are paying attention and care deeply about this issue.
-- Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Mulvaney is co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, the most extreme element of the Tea Party. He described Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" and argued that we must "end Medicare as we know it."
We were winning the Social Security battle. But it's back in the crosshairs -- and we need Democrats to fight with backbone. Will you sign our petition telling congressional Democrats and Republicans the public will punish any lawmaker who supports cutting Social Security and Medicare?
Sign the petition and tell Congress we want expanded benefits to meet the needs of our families, not cuts.
During his hearings, a senator asked Mulvaney if Trump knew of his desire to cut these programs when he nominated him to control Trump's budget. Mulvaney said, "The president knew what he was getting when he asked me to fill his role." Make no mistake, that is a threat.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has been a leader in the fight to protect and expand Social Security since 2011 -- when even a Democratic White House supported cuts. Together with MoveOn, other progressive grassroots allies, and our friends in Congress, we changed the national debate from how much to cut Social Security to how much to expand it.
A big majority of Senate and House Democrats are now on record in support of expanding Social Security benefits.
But with Trump in the White House, Republicans controlling Congress, and Trump's cabinet packed with people more than happy to "throw grandma off a cliff," all this is at risk. Merely being on record won't be enough.
Democrats will have to fight with backbone or generations of grandmothers and grandfathers could suffer. We must send a signal that voters are paying attention and care deeply about this issue.
-- Progressive Change Campaign Committee