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November 14, 2011

NEWS RELEASE

Is the Super Committee Ready to Take Down the Middle Class?

Will the Wealthy Get a Pass--Again?

"Some members of the Congressional Super Committee apparently believe they've found a way to dodge their full responsibilities and continue Washington's failed fiscal policies by passing more benefit cuts for the middle class this year but delaying tax reform until next year. Super Committee members of both parties appear eager to cut billions from Medicare, and change the COLA formula to cut Social Security benefits for all current and future beneficiaries. Yet, incredibly, some on the Super Committee are still looking for ways to protect the wealthy from paying their fair share toward deficit reduction.

If the Super Committee employs this escape hatch political strategy then their mythology of "shared sacrifice" and "balanced approached" will finally be laid bare for all to see.  America's middle class will be offered up as sacrificial lambs at the altar of deficit reduction. This Super Committee sleight of hand would guarantee that wealth and politics will trump the income and health security of America's seniors, both now and in the future.  

Outside of the Beltway, the debate is over. Over 70% of the American people of all ages and political stripes soundly rejected the idea that cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid should be part of a deficit reduction package and these citizens have said they'll hold Congress accountable for policies which continue to target the middle-class and poor."  Max Richtman, NCPSSM President/CEO

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