REJECT the GOP plan to cut Social Security benefits!
Petition to Congress:
We urge you to reject all efforts to cut Social Security benefits and raise the Social Security retirement age.
The GOP agenda is just cut, cut, cut. Cut taxes for the rich and big corporations. Cut Medicare. Cut Social Security.
The House GOP released a plan to raise the Social Security retirement age to 69, which would result in benefit reductions across the board for seniors.1 And the right-wingers in Congress will use leverage of a potential government shutdown to slash Social Security benefits. Democrats must stand firm and protect Social Security!
Sign the petition: Tell Congress to REJECT the GOP plan to cut Social Security.
Republican cuts to Social Security would be disastrous. Nearly everyone over 65 years old in the United States receives a Social Security check. The program has been extraordinarily effective, and without it, millions of American seniors would fall into abject poverty.2
Raising the Social Security retirement age means that early retirees get a heavier reduction, and later retirees get a smaller bonus. Researchers estimate that raising the retirement age would reduce overall Social Security payments for all retirees by 20%.3
The GOP’s new plan would also prevent raising of the Social Security payroll cap, which currently mandates that income over $160,200/year is not subject to Social Security taxes. The payroll cap means that billionaires pay the same amount into Social Security as someone making $160,200 per year. This is yet another example of a tax cut for the rich that hurts everyone else.
We cannot allow Republicans to use the threat of a government shutdown to gut Social Security. Democrats must stand firm and refuse all cuts to Social Security, including attempts to raise the retirement age.
Add your name: Protect Social Security!
Sources:
- Common Dreams, “House GOP Panel Releases Budget That Would 'Destroy Social Security as We Know It',” June 15, 2023.
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Social Security Lifts More People Above the Poverty Line Than Any Other Program,” June 2, 2023.
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Raising Social Security’s Retirement Age Cuts Benefits for All Retirees,” January 20, 2016.