Here is an email I received from my union today about cutting Social Security ...
We're sending this communication because we believe it's important for members to protect their pension benefits.
President Obama has agreed to Speaker John Boehner's proposal to change Social Security's benefit calculation. Under the proposal, benefit increases would decrease .3% year by year. Over time, this would hit low-income retirees the hardest, but it would hit everyone.
So we're asking you and other members to send a message to your congress persons:
As part of the fiscal showdown negotiations, President Obama has proposed cutting Social Security for almost all current and future beneficiaries.
Social Security should NOT be a part of the negotiations. It does not contribute even $1 to the deficit, and according to even the most pessimistic projections it is 100% solvent for more than 20 years.
The only way to get congress to take Speaker Boehner's proposal off the table is TELL them it's unacceptable. When enough citizens raise their voices, they get listened to. (It's called leverage, and we either use it or we don't.)
To contact your senators, click here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
To contact your representatives, click here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/
To contact the White House, click here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
It's not enough for us to sit up in the bleachers and watch. (And complain.) We need to get down in the arena and make our positions known. So take a couple of minutes and shoot your representative an e-mail.
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I emailed all 3 of my Congressional elected officials. Here's hoping 
I grew up and raised my family there. It's no longer home, but Fresno will always be 'home'.
Glad you're with us. 
