Dear Mr. President: Don’t Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid:
A group of senators today urged President Barack Obama to spare Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in the budget blueprint that he will submit to Congress on March 4.A letter written by Sen. Bernie Sanders and signed by 15 other senators praised the president for improving the economy and creating jobs while reducing the deficit. In making the case against cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ...however, the senators expressed concerns about retirement insecurity, growing income inequality and rising poverty.
The White House spending plan submitted to Congress one year ago proposed a cut in Social Security benefits. The president’s misguided overture to congressional Republicans would have cut future payments to retirees and disabled veterans by changing how the consumer price index is calculated. This year, the senators wrote to Obama, “We respectfully urge you not to propose cutting Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits in your fiscal year 2015 budget.”
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/dear-mr-president-dont-cut-social-security-medicare-medicaid
Read the letter here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/letter-on-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid-2014?inline=file
A group of senators today urged President Barack Obama to spare Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in the budget blueprint that he will submit to Congress on March 4.A letter written by Sen. Bernie Sanders and signed by 15 other senators praised the president for improving the economy and creating jobs while reducing the deficit. In making the case against cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ...however, the senators expressed concerns about retirement insecurity, growing income inequality and rising poverty.
The White House spending plan submitted to Congress one year ago proposed a cut in Social Security benefits. The president’s misguided overture to congressional Republicans would have cut future payments to retirees and disabled veterans by changing how the consumer price index is calculated. This year, the senators wrote to Obama, “We respectfully urge you not to propose cutting Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits in your fiscal year 2015 budget.”
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/dear-mr-president-dont-cut-social-security-medicare-medicaid
Read the letter here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/letter-on-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid-2014?inline=file
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