To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Hands off my Social Security!
Reducing Social Security benefits by moving to a chained consumer price index (CCPI) –estimated to take $112 billion dollars out of the pockets of current and future Social Security beneficiaries in the next 10 years alone – is inappropriate and unwarranted. Social Security is not the cause of our current large budget deficits. Social Security is a self-financed, off-budget program and any reduction in Social Security does nothing to address the shortfall in the rest of the federal budget.
Why is this important?
Belinda J Mooney: "The Great Depression was grievous time in the United States. At that time there were hardly any jobs then the stock market crashed. Afterwards the country discovered it was contending with a great population of retirement age adults without any work and no retirement income set aside. President Theodore Roosevelt was one of the foremost people to envision a need for a system that would aid America's older citizens, particularly after a major catastrophe such as the Great Depression."
Sixty+ years ago, at the insistence of my parents, I applied for and received my Social Security card. I signed it at an age when I knew nothing of how to properly sign such an important document so I signed it "Tommy Kelly." Fifty years later that original card was stolen from me. Please don't steal what I paid into and whatever is left.
Sixty+ years ago, at the insistence of my parents, I applied for and received my Social Security card. I signed it at an age when I knew nothing of how to properly sign such an important document so I signed it "Tommy Kelly." Fifty years later that original card was stolen from me. Please don't steal what I paid into and whatever is left.