To: Representative Michael Michaud, Maine Congressman
Rep. Michaud: Sign the Grayson-Takano Letter
Representatives Alan Grayson and Mark Takano released a letter to President Obama promising to "vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits." Within two days, the letter had more than a dozen co-signers, but to date, Rep. Mike Michaud has not signed on. We want to know definitively that Rep. Michaud will stand up against Republican efforts to cut the social safety net.
Why is this important?
The Grayson-Takano letter asks Congressmen to pledge to vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits. Presidents and past Congresses have borrowed from the Social Security Fund with promises of returning the money to it. To date, instead of living up to their promises, they are now trying to cut benefits that seniors paid into with confidence. The pillaging of this fund is what has caused it to be running out of money, not increased costs and more seniors living longer. Now benefits are to be cut because the fund was misused to balance our country's budgets instead of its intended use.