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THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
~ 4 Million Seniors ~ One Voice ~No Privatization ~
March 27, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
More than 100 Thousand Letters Arrive on Capitol Hill
National Committee Members Urge Congress to Protect
Social Security and Medicare
As Congress prepares to head home for spring recess, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) delivered more than 134,000 letters from its members to Capitol Hill urging Congress not to forget Social Security and Medicare. The truckload of letters, delivered on March 27th , oppose any legislation, plan or conference report that will in any way harm the benefits, structure or traditional role of Social Security and Medicare. While NCPSSM members support budget discipline, they also know the biggest threat to our nation's economic security is our massive federal debt, not Social Security and Medicare.
"With so many issues on our legislative agenda this session, it's important to remind my colleagues that preserving Social Security and Medicare should remain a Congressional priority. Thankfully National Committee members and volunteers nationwide continue to keep Social Security and Medicare on the front burner with their letters and petitions." ... Rep. Richard Neal, (D-MA), Ways and Means Committee member
National Committee members have signed more than 2 million petitions and letters delivered to Congress since the privatization of Medicare began in earnest with the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003. Our members understand the critical role Social Security and Medicare play in the lives of America 's seniors and have mobilized to oppose efforts to undermine these programs.
"America can afford Social Security. Strengthening Social Security for the long term is an attainable goal. However the President and some of his allies in Congress have not abandoned their goal to privatize Social Security and Medicare. However, now they have opted for a more subtle approach...using taxpayers' frustration with mounting deficits as an excuse to radically alter Social Security and Medicare in the name of fiscal discipline." ... Barbara B. Kennelly, President/CEO
A copy of the state-by-state breakdown of this letter delivery is available.
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