Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Security But Were Too Busy to Ask
If you're like most Americans, you believe Social Security is a promise that should not be broken. However, despite wide support for Social Security among all age groups and political affiliations, some policy makers in Washington are proposing Social Security benefit cuts. These so-called "fiscal hawks" have suggested cutting Social Security will show America is "serious" about fixing the fiscal mess created by a decade of failed economic policies, despite the fact that Social Security has not contributed one thin dime to the deficit.
The President's Fiscal Commission, which will report its findings in December after the mid-term Congressional elections, is stacked with deficit hawks who have repeatedly called for cuts to Social Security in the past. In order to correct misinformation about Social Security, its funding and our current fiscal crisis, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has compiled an advocacy guide to help individuals to understand the Social Security program, recognize how proposed changes like raising the retirement age are really benefit cuts in disguise, and learn the facts about Social Security.
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