Is Social Security important to your membership? If so, you may want to read further:
President Obama's WH OMB has released budgets that show Social Security Payroll Tax Receipts falling short of Social Security Outlays by:
- 2010 budget: $216 billion (10 year projection total)
- 2011 budget: $554 billion (10 year projection total)
- 2012 budget: $1,001 billion (10 year projection total)
- 2013 budget: $1,586 billion (10 year projection total) see Page 210 Table S-5
- 2013 budget: $1,586 billion (10 year projection total) see Page 210 Table S-5
The trust funds have ~$2.5 trillion in them.
I hope you have brought this to your memberships' attention. How could any of them support President Obama or Democrats who've been:
Telling them that Social Security:
- Wasn't in the budget
- Didn't add to the deficit
- Was sound for decades
(Sen. Durbin Meet the Press 2/20/2011 and Sen. Reid "Hands off SS" ralley 3/28/2011 and many others)
Haven't they been blocking any attempts to have a reasonable discussion on Social Security. Where's Senator Conrad? I shared this material with his staff on 2/17/2011! Have you heard him bring it up in the Budget Committee yet?
I hope you put your membership before your loyalty to Democrats! We'll be able to tell by whether this becomes a major issue for you!
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
Patrick Henry
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