But there's no link. You need to send the email in html format.
AARP is a big business, at least nationally. The New York State affiliate
seems more oriented to real social acdtion.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 10:56 AM
To: blind-democracy
Subject: [blind-democracy] Fwd: AARP seriously gave Paul Ryan a 'champion'
award.
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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
