ACTION ALERT- THIS IS SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY WEEK!

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Stop The Privatization Of Social Security!

A CALL TO ACTION:

---Save Social Security Week---

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Social Security Now, calls for a week of action to stop the privatization of Social Security!

When:
During the Week of Dec 13 Through Dec 17

FORWARD THIS MESSAGE FAR & WIDE!

Say No To The Privatization Of Social Security!

All week long the Bush Administration plans to use this week to convince the world that Social Security is broken! It is a lie!

Your voice & assistance is needed too;
"SAY NO TO THE PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY!"

Do Not Delay! The Bush Administration Must be Countered This Week!

Call your Representatives at the toll free Capital Switchboard number:
1/888/818-6641 or at their local numbers!

Send letters or e-mails to the Editor, the Media, and local talk shows to state why Social Security must not be privatized!

Hardknock [at] kpfa.org, News [at] kpfa.org, editor [at] sfbayview.com, letters [at] nytimes.com, letters [at] latimes.com, chronletters [at] sfgate.com, letters [at] sjmercury.com, spirit [at] afsc.org, letters [at] sfbg.com, info [at] eastbayexpress.com, twinc [at] kqed.org, triblet [at] angnewspapers.com, mail [at] democracynow.org, deeandtiny [at] poormagazine.org, letters [at] sfchronicle.com, livingroom [at] kpfa.org, sundaysalon [at] kpfa.org, JBoland [at] KQED.org, opinion [at] berkeleydailyplanet.com, forum [at] kqed.org

Contact your City Council Members to draft legislation in opposition of privatization!

Set up Press Conferences in front of your local Social Security Administraion Offices to support Social Security/SSI, and bring your clients! Their future is at stake!

Non-profits serve many of those that will be hurt the most if Social Security is privatized and will have a huge stake in countering the lies and deception going on so that they can protect their clients as best as possible in the long term from losing their retirement benefits.

Contact your Representatives to demand that Social Security must never be privatized or allowed to be exploited by the profit taking markets!

In Brief:
Social Security is solvent until 2042, and may have a slight benefit decrease if nothing is done to tweak the system.

The Bush Administration has created a phoney crisis, and offers a solution (privatization) that will create a situation ten times worse than what would occur if Social Security is left alone!

See partial Op-ed piece below for starters:

On December 9, 2004-- The Nation Op-ed piece said;

From; Dean Baker

The battle for Social Security's survival is under way. In a key maneuver recently, N. Gregory Mankiw, George W. Bush's chief economic adviser, explicitly floated the idea of cutting benefits, a necessary but unmentioned part of the White House's privatization plan. More details will be presented to the public in the weeks ahead, but the outlines of the Bush plan are already clear, having been laid out by his 2001 Social Security Commission. As Mankiw suggested, the Bush plan would require a large reduction in the benefits provided by the existing system. A worker who is 20 today would see a cut of approximately one-third in his or her retirement benefit, although workers would theoretically more than recoup this loss by investing a portion of their Social Security taxes in a private account.

The rest of the Nation's Op-ed piece is in the message section of "Social Security Now," including recent articles detailing what is going on lately to steal Social Security.

Send e-mails to the Senate to demand that Social Security must not be privatized;
Do Not delay -- Send Messages All Week To The Senate To Let Them Know You Will Not Allow The Privatization Of Social Security To Take Place!

Forward This Message Far & Wide To Get Maximum Support To Save Social Security!

Senator [at] Sessions.senate.gov, senator [at] shelby.senate.gov, senator.hutchinson [at] hutchinson.senate.gov, blanche_lincoln [at] lincoln.senate.gov, senator_mccain [at] mccain.senate.gov, senator_allard [at] exchange.senate.gov, administrator [at] campbell.senate.gov, senator [at] dodd.senate.gov, bob_graham [at] graham.senate.gov, senator_max_cleland [at] cleland.senate.gov, senator [at] akaka.senate.gov, senator [at] inouye.senate.gov, chuck_grassley [at] grassley.senate.gov, tom_harkin [at] harkin.senate.gov, larry_craig [at] craig.senate.gov, dick [at] durbin.senate.gov, senator_fitzgerald [at] fitzgerald.senate.gov, senator_lugar [at] lugar.senate.gov, sam_brownback [at] brownback.senate.gov, pat_roberts [at] roberts.senate.gov, jim_bunning [at] bunning.senate.gov, senator [at] breaux.senate.gov, senator [at] landrieu.senate.gov, senator [at] kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry [at] kerry.senate.gov, senator [at] kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry [at] kerry.senate.gov, senator [at] mikulski.senate.gov, senator [at] sarbanes.senate.gov, kit_bond [at] bond.senate.gov, senator [at] cochran.senate.gov, senatorlott [at] lott.senate.gov, conrad_burns [at] burns.senate.gov, senator [at] edwards.senate.gov, senator [at] conrad.senate.gov, senator [at] dorgan.senate.gov, chuck_hagel [at] hagel.senate.gov, mailbox [at] gregg.senate.gov, opinion [at] smith.senate.gov, senator_bingaman [at] bingaman.senate.gov, senator_domenici [at] domenici.senate.gov, senator [at] bryan.senate.gov, senator_reid [at] reid.senate.gov, senator [at] dpm.senate.gov, senator_dewine [at] dewine.senate.gov, senator_voinovich [at] voinovich.senate.gov,



senator [at] santorum.senate.gov, senator_chafee [at] chafee.senate.gov, jack [at] reed.senate.gov, senator [at] hollings.senate.gov, senator [at] thurmond.senate.gov, tim_johnson [at] johnson.senate.gov, senator_frist [at] frist.senate.gov, senator_thompson [at] thompson.senate.gov, administrator [at] gramm.senate.gov, senator [at] hutchison.senate.gov, senator [at] bennett.senate.gov, senator_hatch [at] hatch.senate.gov, senator_robb [at] robb.senate.gov, senator [at] warner.senate.gov, vermont [at] jeffords.senate.gov, senator_leahy [at] leahy.senate.gov, senator_gorton [at] gorton.senate.gov, senator_murray [at] murray.senate.gov, senator_byrd [at] byrd.senate.gov, senator [at] rockefeller.senate.gov, senator [at] enzi.senate.gov, craig [at] thomas.senate.gov, senator [at] collins.senate.gov, senator_carnahan [at] carnahan.senate.gov, olympia [at] snowe.senate.gov, phil_gramm [at] gramm.senate.gov, senator [at] clinton.senate.gov, senator [at] ensign.senate.gov, senator [at] stabenow.senate.gov, tim [at] johnson.senate.gov, tom_harkin [at] harkin.senate.gov, senator [at] bennelson.senate.gov, senator [at] bayh.senate.gov, senator [at] boxer.senate.gov, senator [at] wellstone.senate.gov, tom_daschle [at] daschle.senate.gov, frank_lautenberg [at] lautenberg.senate.gov, senator [at] wyden.senate.gov, senator_byrd [at] byrd.senate.gov, senator [at] mcconnell.senate.gov, senator [at] biden.senate.gov, senator_specter [at] specter.senate.gov, senator_kohl [at] kohl.senate.gov, senator2 [at] levin.senate.gov, robert.aderholt [at] mail.house.gov, comments [at] JEC.senate.gov

In advance, thank you for your efforts to save Social Security!

This fight will not be easy and you must prepare for the long haul!

Organize & Unite!

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws -- Vladimir Lenin

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