To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Social Security/Medicare protection amendment
No person, who has met the test of participation in the Social Security system, should fear any changes by the US government in the terms of the benefit that they have already paid for. The law would prevent ANY AND ALL changes to benefit levels or eligibility age for any person who has a statement from the Social Security Administration declaring that they have contributed enough to qualify for benefits and that any attempt to change any terms of the benefits or eligiblity age be strictly prohibited by law.
Why is this important?
Paul Ryan is trying to take social security away from people who have paid into the system for many years. President Obama is considering changes to the system as an option to negotiate with Ryan and others. This should be a violation of law as many people are unable to save more for retiremtent and have no choice but to rely on Social Security and Medicare. This is a binding legal contract and no government official should have the ability to change any aspect of it. Younger people, who have not contributed enough to qualify for benefits have other options but those of us in our 50's have limited ability because we have been forced to pay into a system which is now under attack by both republicans and democrats alike. Simply put, anyone (like me) who has contributed suffidcient funds into Social Security and Medicare and have recieved a statement from said administration declaring that they have contributed enough to qualify for benefits, would have that statement considered to be a binding legal contract, which cannot be changed in any way, by anyone, including congrss and the President.