August 19, 2025
Our grandparents would urge everyone to defend and strengthen social security.
Last week, President Trump signed a statement on marking the 90th anniversary of social security, believing his “one big beautiful bill” will be “Strengthen the social security for the next generations“
Unfortunately, the mega -jacket project does the opposite. This absolutely does nothing to resolve the upcoming insolvency of social insurance in 2035, and instead will suck $ 1.6 trillion According to non -partisan, according to the non -partisan fund, on the borders of its trust fund, accelerating its insolvency for two years Tax Fund.
What should be in relation to “generations is a shocking statement by Trump Scott’s Minister’s Minister of Trump, that the accounts of savings children who are included in the mega project are”Rear Doors for Social Security Privatization“
Social Security has long been described as “Third Railway American Policy” – die and die. The proposed presidential candidate Mike Pence in 2023 privatization This is, and its presidential campaign died immediately. President George W. Bush made privatization his top priority in 2005, but even Republicans will not vote. Good too. If it succeeded, US pensioners would have lost more than half of their retirement savings in a great recession. Next year, voters handed over to the Democrats control over both Congress houses.
President Eisenhower prevent What could be a “tiny weakened group” of politicians who want to ruin the social security, but “their number is insignificant and they are stupid.”
Although the grave quickly realized that his gof and the White House tried to give up, the cat came out of the bag.
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As the descendants of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the cabinet, which created the most popular and effective state program of our country, let’s be quite clear: the switching of social insurance to private investment firms and delicate mercy Wall will be a violation of the most valuable guarantee of US workers.
The inviolable durability of social insurance is explained by its structure – not a government distribution, but a earned insurance payment. Workers pay him from every salary in his life. About 75 million Americans are counting on this for the safety of old age, disability insurance and the benefits of survivors. Privatization would be a stupid way to celebrate your birthday.
Nine out of ten Americans want social security to remain a priority for the nation regardless of the state deficit, 2024 reports Studying the National Retirement Institute. And this is non -partisan: support comes from 90 percent of Democrats, 86 percent of Republicans and 88 percent of independent.
Although Trump insists that he will not harm the hair on the head of social insurance, his own story causes his constant assurances. Its great goal of social policy at the end of the first term was Complete termination The main source of financing of social insurance, the salary tax. And he told the world economic forum when in 2020 works for re -election, which the second term Trump would mean Social insurance cuts, Medicare and Medicaid– The latter have already been successfully shortened in its mega, giving trillions of dollars of tax reducing rich.
Indeed, the privatization of social insurance will tragically comply with the law on tax reduction. This would be a gold mine for wealthy money executives and Tysuns Wall Street, at the expense of ordinary working people who risk losing retirement security in the stock market. Trump’s regressive tariffs were similarly affected by working families is much more difficult than wealthy ones.
Americans mostly want to keep social security in different party lines, according to a 2025 study National Academy of Social Insurance. To eliminate income deficiency over the next decade, most of the majority prefer to increase revenue to reduce benefits. Their favorite revenue origin option is the exception of tax tax, which exempts profits above $ 176 100. This obviously benefits the richest, leaving ordinary workers to carry a lion’s share of severity. Typical US CEO (average payment: 16.8 million dollars) Ceases to pay for social security after the fourth day of the New Year (Elon Musk stops after four minutes) – outrageous injustice of up to 160 million Americans who pay 6.2 percent of each salary for social security throughout the year.
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The second favorite earnings of workers to ensure social insurance finance is an impressive increase in wages tax that everyone is paying – employers, employers, wealthy or not – from 6.2 to 7.2 percent. According to the NASI study, the advantage of raising income rather than cessation, privatization or reduction of social insurance, crosses all ages, income, education and political party – including three of the four Republicans.
The economic security of all Americans who expect social security forces us to send our famous ancestors who created it. Social security is a solemn, trusted promise of workers, children, older people with disabilities and survivors. FDR said it best: “House safety, livelihood safety and safety of social insurance are at least a promise we can offer to the American people.”
Let’s take the Minister of the Treasury to the minister of the bench. As they say in Washington, “Goff” is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. No walk. Not putting the toothpaste back into the tube. Our grandparents urge us all to defend and strengthen social security.
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