To: Governor Gavin Newsom
"Do not cut Social Security."
Social Security is not the right place to address the deficit. Tell the President and your fellow members of Congress not to support any cuts to Social Security and not to change the way cost-of-living increases for retirees are calculated.
Why is this important?
This is about President Obama's proposal to change the way cost-of-living increases are calculated for retirees on Social Security. As a future retiree in need of Social Security, the proposed "Chained CPI" would decrease cost-of-living increases for me and my fellow retirees and make those among the least able responsible for decreasing the deficit. This idea should be rejected.