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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:
medium;">David,<br>
<br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:
medium;"><big><big>In last week's election, we saw the
way Karl Rove's big money front group used
Democrats' support of the Social Security-cutting
Bowles-Simpson plan as a cudgel against Democrats
who stood for nothing.</big></big> Crossroads GPS
ran ads in crucial states that muddied the water about
who really wants to cut Social Security. He attacked
Democrats for compromising on cuts to earned benefits
which were agreed to to appease the Republicans and
appear "sensible." <b>As Social Security Works'
co-founders Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson say in their
election analysis:<br>
<br>
</b></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><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.”<br>
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Now more than ever we need to raise our voices and
demand that now is the time to Expand Social
Security. </span></span></a></b></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:
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Thank you for keeping up the fight.<br>
<br>
Alex Lawson<br>
Executive Director<br>
Social Security Works</span></span><br>
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case for expanding Social Security, click here to
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><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:<br>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><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.<br>
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style="font-size: medium;">Now more than ever
we need to raise our voices and demand action
to Expand Social Security.</span></span></a></b></span></p>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:
medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
In an interview with Social Security Works’ Alex
Lawson on the morning of the election, <b>Senator
Bernie Sanders said:<br>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><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.”<br>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span
style="font-size: medium;">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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