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From: "Michael Phelan, Social Security Works" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:31:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: AARP seriously gave Paul Ryan a 'champion' award.
To: carjar82@xxxxxxxxx
carlCarl,You may have seen the ominous TV ads declaring that if
nothing is done, "Social Security recipients could lose up to $10,000
a year"?If these ads were being run by the right-wing Koch Brothers,
the Republican National Committee, or Paul Ryan himself, I wouldn't be
surprised. These are the types of scare tactics that we've seen for
years from Wall Street and their friends in Washington.But these ads
are being run by AARP – the nation's largest senior organization.
And their fear mongering is threatening the progress we've made –
fighting Republican calls for cuts to Social Security and rallying our
elected officials around our calls for expansion.This past summer,
AARP handed out "Champion of the 50+" awards to several members of
Congress including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. The same Paul Ryan
who has spent a decade fighting to privatize Social Security and
ending Medicare as we know it.We know where the American people stand
on Social Security, and it's not with Paul Ryan.Demand that AARP
rescind Paul Ryan's award and stop using right-wing scare tactics that
could lead to damaging cuts to Social Security.Speaker Ryan isn't the
only dubious recipient that AARP has awarded this year. Senators Kelly
Ayotte (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC) have both supported cutting
Social Security, and both received these champion awards. AARP knows
how popular Social Security is with the American people. And the only
way they can ram through unpopular cuts is by scaring people into
accepting worse than they should.The reality is that Social Security
has a $2.8 trillion surplus, can pay out 100% of benefits owed for the
next 18 years and over 75% of benefits owed after that. And all we
need to do is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share and we can
afford to expand benefits for millions of Americans.Stand with Social
Security Works and demand that AARP rescind Paul Ryan's "Champion of
the 50+" award and take the right stand on Social Security.Together
we're telling Washington politicians exactly where the American people
stand: Expand, don't cut Social Security!Thank you,Michael
PhelanSocial Security Works
