I Posted This Thread A Long Time Ago In The Old DU It Was About Mounting A "Raise The Cap" Campaign.
It seems we have a relatively easy fix to Social Security and that is "Lifting or Raising The Cap". I keep posting this thread because I believe a "LIft the Cap" or "Raise the Cap" campaign can be mounted that can be quite effective to get the American People behind this idea.
Essentially show pictures of people from all walks of life - lifting or raising their caps - in support of Congress "Lifting or Raising the current caps on Social Security". Here's an example:
Here's the link to my previous post that has a whole bunch of pics like this: (check out the pics at this link)
http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1818709
Think about how effective simple images like this can be - with some voice over about the current cap; how people making more money don't contribute; about fairness; and what lifting or raising the cap would mean to the long term viability of Social Security.
I still think a tv commercial - or a 'you tube' clip that can go viral - with pics of all sorts of people 'raising or lifting' their caps - would be a very poignant way of the American People voicing their support for 'raising or lifting the cap' to solidify "Social Security".
Does anyone know why the Dems and the President couldn't support "Raising or Lifting The Cap"
I know Sen. Bernie Sanders keeps mentioning this - almost everytime I hear him speak.
I challenge fellow DU'ers here to post pics in this thread - of people lifting or raising their caps.
Come on folks - this is almost a no-brainer.
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.... by 1% to 7%, (and this is for everybody. For seniors it is even worse, since the "basket of goods" that seniors purchase continues to inflate at a faster rate than goods in general, whose inflationary rate has been intentionally UNDERstated since the 1990's.
"Chained CPI", rather than correcting this intentional fraud, would make it worse, using language and sleight of hand to attempt to bamboozle Americans with manipulated statistics.
Every Democrat should pledge to support Senators Harkin and Sanders in their resolution opposing "chained CPI", and support Sen. Harkin's efforts to INCREASE COLA's by means of "CPI-E".
The best defense is a good offense.
In fact, if we only play defense, we guarantee that we will lose, and the only question is when.
I think even college kids and young adults could get behind this - because it would assure that SS would be around to take care of them in their old age.
Lift The Cap
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See how easy it is folks - to get the point across.
Please take the time to post your own Lift The Cap pics. Please put this out on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
We need to give this campaign some support. Can anybody get this thread to Senator Bernie Sanders. I think he'd appreciate it.
Unfortunately, the global neoliberals of both parties "in charge" are committed to unsustainable growth on a finite planet. It's just the Tea Party fascist haters seem to think that jettisoning the poor and minorities is the way to have access to resources, since we have no more colonial outposts from which to pilfer wealth. The folks committed to the myth of perpetual progress (usually liberals) think we can innovate and spend our way out of this mess.
I most certainly agree that reducing income inequality would squeeze out more resources for everyone in the short term.
For the intermediate term, though, raising the debt ceiling is the only way (in addition to equitable income redistribution) a government _could_ put a pro-jobs, pro-benefits package into place, which could get us to a much position from which longer term strategies for sustainability could begin to grow.
So, in that context, your branding concept is brilliant. My cap is off to you! 
