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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">David,<br>
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Democrats have historically been the party of Social
Security and champions of the Middle Class—so what
happened last Tuesday? <br>
<br>
Social Security Works’ founding co-directors Nancy
Altman and Eric Kingson recently published an
important analysis of the election and a rallying call
for the American people to fight for big ideas, to
create the country we want to live in, and to fight to
expand Social Security. They said:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:
medium;"><em>Too much of the national Democratic brand
has been, in President Truman's words, "a Republican
in Democratic clothing" on the vital issue of the
future of Social Security. Cheered on by the Third
Way, Fix The Debt, and other Wall Street-funded
lobbying organizations, as well as the Washington
Post and other elite media, many Democrats followed
the leadership of the Administration, casting their
lot with false-centrist Republican-lite policies and
rhetoric regarding Social Security.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a
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href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xGI6wkKc9GSZC0b9G%2BsaSLr6hPHYBOGt">Now
more than ever we need to raise our voices and
demand action to Expand Social Security.</a></b></span><span
style="font-size: medium;"><br>
<br>
In an interview with Social Security Works’ Alex
Lawson on the morning of the election, </span><b><span
style="font-size: medium;">Senator Bernie Sanders
said:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:
medium;"><em>Half of the families in our country today
have less than $10,000 in the bank. And if you’re
thinking of retiring with a shred of dignity, you
know that Social Security needs to be strengthened
and you know it needs to be expanded.<br>
<br>
What our strategy should be is to get on the
offensive and say, “of course we’re not going to cut
Social Security, but our goal is to expand Social
Security and there are very simple ways we can do
that.”</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">In this election, we
saw the way Karl Rove used weak support of the
Bowles-Simpson plan as a cudgel against Democrats who
stood for nothing. Crossroads GPS ran ads muddying the
water about Republicans’ offers to cut Social
Security. He attacked Democrats for compromising on
cuts to earned benefits to appease the Republicans. </span><b><span
style="font-size: medium;">As Nancy and Eric say:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:
medium;"><em>“There is nothing ‘centrist’ about
cutting Social Security. There is no large segment
of the US population for which cutting Social
Security is popular, left, center or right. As a
recent write-up of a Pew survey on increasing
polarization in America put it, “Americans are
divided on everything, except their love of Social
Security.”</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a
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more than ever we need to raise our voices and
demand that now is the time to Expand Social
Security. </a></b></span><b>
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</b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
<br>
Our work continues. We now face a Republican-led
Congress with leadership who have repeatedly stated
their desire to cut Social Security. They will wilt
away only in the face of united and fierce opposition
from the American people. So what we have to do now is
very clear: turn up the volume and make sure they hear
us loud and clear, <b>Expand Social Security Now!</b><br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Michael Phelan<br>
Social Security Works<br>
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style="font-size: medium;">p.s., to read more
about the case for expanding Social Security,
click here to pre-order Social Security Works! by
Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson</span></a></b></p>
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