Peter J. Forbes
President
(TSCAA–NSCC) The Senior Citizen Association of America
(P.O. Box 96085, Washington, D.C. 20090-6085)
The Supreme Court has Ruled that Your Social Security
Benefits Are NOT Guaranteed by Law.
Congress Can Treat Your Benefits Like
Welfare or Pork Barrel Spending!
Act Today to Support the
"Social Security Isn't Welfare" Bill.
Dear Patriotic Senior,
Would
you please sign and return to me the enclosed [requested] Open Letter to your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators? I urge you to add your signature TODAY, if
possible.
Your
signature URGES the 113th Congress to support and co-sponsor the Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013 (H.R. 1275).
If passed, for the first time in history, Senior Americans will have a real,
legal guarantee to their Social Security benefits.
Your
action today is vital. The 113th Congress will be forced to make historic
decisions about Social Security. Your voice – and that of EVERY Senior Citizen
– must be heard right away! I hope to collect a huge batch of Open Letters for
delivery to the U.S. Senate in the next few weeks.
Social Security isn't WELFARE, and it
isn't WASTEFUL PORK BARREL SPENDING. That's why I call this Act the "Social
Security Isn't Welfare" Bill.
Fact
is, you've earned your benefits through a lifetime of
hard work and after paying special taxes all your working years!
The Trust Fund
Raid, benefit cuts, and
new, risky "Privatization" schemes: these are the dangers to Social
Security – not our benefits!
The
fights over the federal government "shutdown" and "Sequester"
have ramped up the pressure on Social Security. Your signed Open Letter will
help deliver this strong protest message right now: My Social Security Benefits
Are Not a Welfare Handout, Pork Barrel Project or "Extra" Spending!
Would
you please also participate in our brief Supreme Court Opinion Poll?
Congress
raided $62 Billion in 2012 and $62
Billion in 2013! And some on Capitol
Hill have suggested that the only way to "fix" Social Security is to
cut the COLA by calculating it using a "new" formula.
Some
in Capitol Hill may claim that Congress would never "radically"
change Social Security or your benefits, but political promises are not legal
guarantees.
I SAY TO CONGRESS:
PUT IT IN WRITING! MAKE IT THE LAW OF THE LAND!
Fact
is, the Supreme Court has ruled that Social Security
benefits are legally no different than any other federal spending . . . No
different than welfare or pork barrel spending!
And
with the Trust Fund owed over $3.25 Trillion and Congress
raiding more money
each year, the pressure to cut benefits will increase.
With
no cash in the Trust Fund, but plenty of paper IOUs, Congress will only have
these options when it needs this money to finance benefits:
** Raise taxes
** Cut benefits
** Cut the COLA
** All three – and
maybe worse!
It's
time to fight these threats and protect Seniors with
what I like to call the "Social
Security Isn't Welfare" Bill! This Bill (H.R. 1275) was recently reintroduced in the 113th Congress as the
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013.
This
guarantee would not be a simple verbal pledge or political promise, but a
legally binding guarantee.
As a
Senior, you would be issued an official Certificate to
certify that your Social Security benefits are 100% guaranteed by law. The
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013 also GUARANTEES your COLA, so your
benefits will increase each year!
If
you and I don't act now, big-spending politicians will continue to imperil the
future of the Social Security system with their Trust Fund
"raid" and
risky "reform" schemes!
Congress
refuses to pass Legislation that would legally guarantee your benefits and
COLA.
By
working together, you and I will put the "Social Security Isn't Welfare"
Bill at the forefront of the 113th Congress' agenda.
We
need your help – RIGHT NOW – to save Social Security.
That's
why I am urging you to respond to this National Campaign for action. Only a
broad Open Letter-collecting campaign will force Congress to guarantee benefits
by halting Privatization and stopping
the Trust Fund
"raid."
Here's
how you can help during this National Campaign:
> Please
sign the enclosed Open Letter.
It
urges your U.S. Senators and Representative to oppose any plan to
privatize or dismantle Social Security. Instead, it demands support for the "Social Security Isn't Welfare"
Bill recently reintroduced in the 113th Congress as the Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013 (H.R.
1275).
> Complete
the brief Supreme Court Opinion Poll.
This
Poll will help show Capitol Hill and others our deep opposition to risky
schemes and to looting the Trust Fund.
> I
also urge you to make a special contribution.
Your
support will help fund this aggressive, nationwide program to protect Social
Security:
Part One: A NATIONWIDE SIGNATURE-COLLECTING CAMPAIGN.
My
goal is to collect 25,000 signatures on the Open Letter. It urges your U.S.
Representative to co-sponsor the Social Security Isn't Welfare Bill and for
your U.S. Senators to re-introduce similar legislation. It's
very important that you and I grab the attention of the 113th Congress and its
Leadership right away!
Part Two: THE
SUPREME COURT OPINION POLL PROGRAM.
I
plan to widely publicize the Opinion Poll results – to newspapers, TV news
shows, Congressional staff members and fellow Senior Americans.
Part Three: RECRUIT SENIORS WITH INFORMATIONAL ACTION
KITS.
I
hope to circulate 250,000 kits as soon as possible. We MUST enlist Seniors everywhere with Open Letters and Polls. I will also
flood newspapers and the press with information.
Part Four: LOBBY
CAPITOL HILL WITH YOUR OPEN LETTER, POLL AND SUPPORT.
Thanks
to over 34 years of experience fighting any threat to the rights and
benefits of Veterans, their families, Seniors and all
Americans, we have the credibility in Washington, D.C. to protect Social Security.
Whether
you can give $20, $15, or $10, all gifts are greatly appreciated and urgently
needed to fund our efforts.
I
have lobbied Congressmen and Senators – and even met with three Presidents, and
I pledge to work hard and provide the necessary leadership to protect your
benefits! I'm proud to work with you on our project – The Senior Citizen
Association of America! The "Social Security Isn't Welfare" Bill is
the best way to fight the increasing risks to Social Security. Please act NOW!
Would
you please make a contribution of $20, $15, or $10 TODAY? Some will give more,
others give less. Whatever amount that you feel comfortable with will be
greatly appreciated.
This special project accepts no
government funds and refuses "fat cat" and corporate contributions. Without the voluntary support from Senior Americans
like you, this vital program won't be possible.
Your
$20, $15, or $10 contribution will allow us to collect the thousands of Open
Letters needed to fight back!
Please
act TODAY. When you return your Open Letter and Survey, will you please include
a special contribution?
Yours
for Social Security,
Peter
J. Forbes
The
Senior Citizen Association of America
P.S. Please add your signature to the Open Letter
and return it to me. Social Security isn't WELFARE, and it isn't PORK BARREL
SPENDING.
"Social Security Isn't
Welfare" Bill was recently reintroduced in the 113th Congress as the
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013 (H.R. 1275).
So PLEASE ACT RIGHT NOW!
It's also important that you
participate in the Supreme Court Opinion Poll. I urge you to include a special
contribution. Whatever you can afford is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[Please request for "Open Letter" and "Supreme Court
Opinion Poll" (TSCAA–NSCC, P.O. Box 96085, Washington, D.C. 20090-6085)!]
The Senior Citizen Association of America
A
Special Project of the (NSCC)
National Senior Citizens Committee, Inc.
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Headquarters: 14331 Newgate Road, Midlothian,VA 23113
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