[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Help Stop Bush's #1 Domestic Priority

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Dear Paul,
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>I want to ask for your help today to defeat George Bush's # 1 
>post-election priority:  his plan to privatize Social Security. 
>This is a fight we can win if we all work together - young workers, 
>college students, baby boomers AND seniors.  The president's Wall 
>Street cronies have amassed a war chest to sell this terrible idea 
>to Congress.  It's time for us to step up - and tell our 
>representatives to oppose it.
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>The Bush privatization plan would gut Social Security benefits for 
>all Americans - especially younger people.  It would make us all 
>less secure in old age - while guaranteeing a windfall to Wall 
>Street.
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>The time is now for voters to tell our Members of Congress: "Don't 
>you dare privatize Social Security!"  Without a massive outpouring 
>from Americans, there's a real danger that just enough 
>representatives in Washington - including some Democrats - will cave 
>in early and vote with the special interests to privatize Social 
>Security, like they voted for Bush's ridiculous tax breaks for 
>millionaires.
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>If you act now, you can stop the Bush plan.  Please click on the 
>link below, to put your Member of Congress on notice:
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>http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=354505&l=68255
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>The Bush plan is simple - he wants to funnel our Social Security 
>dollars through Wall Street financial houses so that they can make 
>billions.  Of course, someone has to pay for these profits, and in 
>George Bush's America that means us.  Benefit cuts for just about 
>everyone paying Social Security taxes, a higher retirement age, and 
>trillions in new debt that young Americans will have to pay.
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>Your faxes this week will be the first volley in the campaign to 
>defend Social Security from the corporate lobbyists who want to cash 
>in.  Please go to the link below to take action today and put your 
>Member of Congress on notice:  Say no to Bush's plan to privatize 
>Social Security.
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>http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=354505&l=68255
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>The media report that corporate lobbyists plan to spend millions to 
>push the Bush privatization plan.  The non-partisan Congressional 
>Budget Office estimates that Bush's plan would mean a benefit cut of 
>23% for today's 34-year old worker when he or she retires.  A 
>24-year old worker today would see cuts of 30%, and a child born 
>today (2004) would at retirement have a Social Security benefit 45% 
>smaller than the law now provides.  In short - America's young 
>people will pay the price for this Bush payback to Wall Street.
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>Demand your Member of Congress promise you that:
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>*They will oppose privatizing Social Security in any way.
>*They will oppose any law that funnels Social Security dollars 
>through Wall Street.
>*They will oppose any law that cuts guaranteed benefits, increases 
>the retirement age, and/or ads debt onto the backs of young people 
>and future generations.
>http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=354505&l=68255
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>Most Americans strongly disagree with what President Bush wants to 
>do to Social Security.  In just the first 10 years, privatization 
>would add $2 trillion to the national debt on top of the cost of the 
>Bush tax breaks for millionaires.  That's $2 trillion that could be 
>used to strengthen the Social Security trust fund.
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>The fight to save Social Security is a battle for the values America 
>stands for.  At a time when most younger workers have no pensions, 
>Social Security needs to strengthened, not dismantled.  George 
>Bush's vision for America would take us back to a time when our 
>nation did not look after our seniors, where families had to 
>sacrifice college tuition for their kids in order to care for their 
>parents.
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>George Bush has no mandate, but he is being helped by powerful 
>allies.  Together, we can stop them.  Please fax your Member of 
>Congress today.
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>http://action.ourfuture.org/ctt.asp?u=354505&l=68255
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>Sincerely,
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>Roger Hickey, Co-Director
>Campaign for America's Future
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Paul Etxeberri

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