To: President Donald Trump and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
Stop Cuts in Social Security COLAs
Stop the consideration of proposed cuts in calculating Social Security benefits.
Why is this important?
The federal government is considering changing the COLA for Social Security recipients. My parents and millions of others continued in their middle class lives after retirement because of the way COLAs were tied to the Consumer Price Index in the 1970's, so that they would not lose their buying power due to inflation. In the 1980's our payroll taxes were doubled to pay for future benefits. Because of the last 5 years, retirees/potential retirees are much worse off than previous retirees and now is NOT the time to cut back earned Social Security benefits for seniors.