Fwd: Defy Bush, Celebrate 70 Years of Social Security

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Campaign for America's Future | www.ourfuture.org

 

Dear Mary,

 

 

Send Bush a Message for Social Security's 70th Birthday

 

 

Please, join the celebration that the President wants you to forget. Send a 70th

birthday celebration e-card to your friends and colleagues - and the President

himself. Let them know that we should celebrate and protect Social Security, not

dismantle it! GO »

 

This Sunday, America will celebrate the 70th birthday of Social Security, the

most successful social program ever created. But, President Bush doesn't want

anyone celebrating. Why? Because an outpouring of public praise for Social

Security's 70 years of success would deal another blow to his plans to privatize

the program and turn it over to Wall Street.

 

So, if you oppose Bush's attempts to dismantle this great American success

story, we're asking you to send a birthday e-card to all your friends and family

-- reminding them of the need to stop Bush and his friends in Congress from

undermining and destroying Social Security. And we also invite you to join

birthday celebrations all across the country -- organized by Americans United to

Protect Social Security -- that will really send a message to Bush and the

privatizers in Congress: Social Security is a tremendous success that we intend

to celebrate -- and defend!

 

Please, check out our Social Security birthday e-card and send it to friends,

family -- and the President -- who should be celebrating with us!

 

http://www.ourfuture.org/Happy_70th_Birthday.cfm

 

Ten years ago, the Social Security Administration celebrated the program's 60th

birthday with messages flashed across the Times Square jumbotrons and at

baseball stadiums in New York, Atlanta and Cincinnati. But this year, the Bush

Administration informed Social Security employees that it had no plans to

conduct any celebration for the 70th birthday.

 

It's incredible that the President has chosen to let politics trump celebration

of Social Security's historical significance and its stunning success for our

country. Social Security has provided 70 years of rock solid, guaranteed

benefits and ensured financial security for millions of seniors, disabled

workers and their families and widows, widowers and children who have lost a

spouse or parent. In 1935, nearly half of all seniors were in poverty and today,

thanks to Social Security, poverty among seniors has been nearly eradicated. [1]

Today, Social Security provides financial security for 33 million retired

workers and their dependents, 7 million survivors of deceased workers, and 8

million disabled workers and their families. [2]

 

These are just some of the successes that President Bush wants to downplay to

quiet those opposed to his plan to dismantle and privatize Social Security.

Let's send a message to the President and our friends and colleagues that we

should celebrate and protect Social Security, not dismantle it. Please, join the

celebration that the President wants you to forget. Send a birthday e-card to

your friends and family - and the President himself -- wishing Social Security a

happy 70th birthday!

 

http://www.ourfuture.org/Happy_70th_Birthday.cfm

 

President Bush and the Washington Republicans continue to call for a risky

privatization scheme that would guarantee benefit cuts for the American people,

and divert billions in taxpayer money to the President's Wall Street friends.

 

The Republican Privatization Plan will soon be introduced in the House of

Representatives. So, when Congress returns from its recess in September, the

battle to protect Social Security will grow even more intense. We need to have

as many people as possible on call as the battle heats up - yet another good

reason to rally the troops now in celebration of Social Security, a unique

American accomplishment.

 

As we prepare to step up the fight, the words of President Franklin Delano

Roosevelt provide wise guidance: " In our efforts to provide security for all

American people, let us not allow ourselves to be misled by those who advocate

short cuts to Utopia or fantastic financial schemes. " Privatization is exactly

the kind of fantastic financial scheme Roosevelt warned us about. We must stop

it.

 

Please take a moment today to celebrate Social Security's 70 years of success

and, in doing so, send a message to those seeking to dismantle it that we intend

to celebrate it for many years to come!

 

http://www.ourfuture.org/Happy_70th_Birthday.cfm

 

Thanks again for all you do.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Roger Hickey, Co-Director

Campaign for America's Future

P.S. Our allies at Americans United to Protect Social Security are holding

Social Security birthday parties across the nation. Please come to one of these

parties and help us celebrate 70 years of guaranteed benefits!

 

http://www.americansforsocialsecurity.com

 

[1] The Century Foundation & Center for American Progress

[2] Social Security Administration

 

 

 

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