[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Tell Us Your Story - Help Defeat Bush's Social Security Privatization Scheme

Sun May 29 03:33:21 PDT 2005

>Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:42:20 -0700
>From: "Tom Matzzie, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
>To: "Paul Etxeberri" <eusko at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Tell Us Your Story - Help Defeat Bush's Social Security 
>Privatization Scheme
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>President Bush may soon visit a Nevada town near you to push his 
>plan to privatize Social Security.  We want to have compelling 
>stories from people in your area to share with reporters and the 
>public about why Bush's privatization scheme is wrong for 
>middle-class families. Can you share your story? Testimonials from 
>Republicans and people who voted for Republicans such as Senator 
>John Ensign, Representative Jim Gibbons, or President Bush in the 
>past are also important. Please help us find them.
>
><http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/?id=5584-1199302-7_CZg1M7i.S5ncwpdbl5ig&t=1>Get 
>Started
>
>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>Please help us prepare for a possible visit by President Bush to a 
>town near you.
>
>As the U.S. Congress holds hearings on the president's plan to 
>privatize Social Security and slash benefits for middle-class 
>families, President Bush is traveling the country.  He's trying to 
>sell his privatization plan to the American people and pressure 
>Senator John Ensign, Representative Jim Gibbons, and other 
>Republican Members of Congress into voting for it.
>
>We are fighting back against Bush at every stop he makes, and Nevada 
>will be a key state in our effort to defeat Bush's privatization 
>scam.
>
>We want to have compelling stories from people in your area to share 
>with reporters and the public about why Bush's plan to privatize 
>Social Security is wrong for the American people.  How would Bush's 
>proposal to slash benefits for middle-class families and borrow 
>trillions in new debt affect you, your family, and the people you 
>know? Why is it a bad idea to replace Social Security's guaranteed 
>benefit with a guaranteed gamble?
>
>Tell us your story: 
><http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/?id=5584-1199302-7_CZg1M7i.S5ncwpdbl5ig&t=2>http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/
>
>Testimonials from registered Republicans and people who voted for 
>Republicans such as Sen. Ensign, Rep. Gibbons, or President Bush in 
>the past but who now oppose the president's Social Security 
>privatization scheme are particularly helpful.
>
>So, we're inviting you to share your story and also help us find 
>Republicans and former supporters of Republicans in Nevada who 
>oppose privatization. Please take a couple of minutes today to share 
>your story, and please forward this e-mail to Republicans or people 
>you know who voted for Sen. Ensign, Rep. Gibbons, or Bush and follow 
>up with them.
>
>Tell us your story: 
><http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/?id=5584-1199302-7_CZg1M7i.S5ncwpdbl5ig&t=4>http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/
>
>Here's an example of a story that one person sent to us. Janet, a 
>Catholic School teacher and a lifelong Republican from Western 
>Pennsylvania who voted for President Bush and Republican Senator 
>Rick Santorum in 2000, knows that Bush's plan to privatize Social 
>Security would be horrible for her family and she has vowed not to 
>support Senator Santorum again if he votes for privatization.
>
>She said: "When my husband died in 1986, I was raising two children. 
>If it had not been for the Social Security benefits my husband 
>earned I would not have been able to bring up my children or keep 
>our family home. Privatization is wrong because people who depend on 
>Social Security will lose money in the stock market and see their 
>Social Security benefits cut. My husband and I tried investing 
>money, but nothing worked-we lost money left and right whenever we 
>tried, and we were intelligent people. All privatization will do is 
>put people at the mercy of the scam investors and cut benefits for 
>people who depend on Social Security's guaranteed benefit."
>
>Nationally, many Republican Members of Congress know that 
>privatization is bad for middle-class families like Janet's who live 
>in their district, but pro-privatization forces are trying to get 
>these Republicans to march lockstep with President Bush's 
>privatization agenda. We need to keep the pressure on Sen. Ensign, 
>Rep. Gibbons, and other Members of Congress by highlighting the 
>growing number of Republicans, Bush voters, and Grassley voters, and 
>others who oppose privatization. Please think about whom you know, 
>forward this e-mail to them, and ask them to complete the 
>testimonial form.
>
>Ask your friends to send us their story at:
>
><http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/?id=5584-1199302-7_CZg1M7i.S5ncwpdbl5ig&t=6>http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/
>
>We're working with Americans United to Protect Social Security, a 
>coalition of organizations representing a diverse cross-section of 
>Americans, to push back against the president's privatization plan 
>across the country. And our efforts are working.
>
>A recent CNN/USA Today poll revealed that the majority of Americans 
>disapprove of President Bush's handling of Social Security: only 33% 
>approve, 59% disapprove.
>
>The Washington Post recently reported, "Two key GOP lawmakers who 
>joined President Bush on Wednesday as he pitched restructuring 
>Social Security said that Bush has failed to sell the American 
>people on his plan to change the 70-year-old federal retirement 
>system. 'Today, the public has not found his personal account 
>approach compelling,' Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) said... Leach went on 
>to say that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, a 
>fellow Iowa Republican, 'is convinced the momentum is not there...'"
>
>We need to keep the momentum on our side.  Please help us fight 
>back, by telling us your story today, and forwarding this to people 
>in your community who also have stories to tell.
>
>Tell us your story at:
>
><http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/?id=5584-1199302-7_CZg1M7i.S5ncwpdbl5ig&t=8>http://www.moveonpac.org/socialsecurity/mystory/
>
>Thanks for all you do,
>
>-Tom Matzzie and the MoveOn PAC team
>   Friday, May 27th, 2005
>
>P.S. We keep hearing that you want good information on Social 
>Security, so here are some more links:
>
>Americans United To Protect Social Security Website
><http://www.americansforsocialsecurity.com/>www.americansforsocialsecurity.com
>
>"Social Security Plan Meets Doubt in Iowa; GOP Lawmakers: Approach 
>Isn't Selling," Washington Post, March 31, 2005
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=687>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=687
>
>How To Talk To A Conservative About Social Security
><http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=206>http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=206
>
>Special issue of The American Prospect on Social Security
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=650>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=650
>
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