Local Seniors Protest John McCain’s Plan To Privatize Social Security-Phoenix Az 3-7-08

McCain Social Security Protest Thursday, March 6, 2008 Local Seniors To Protest John McCain’s Plan To Privatize Social Security Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans Rallies Outside Social Security Office, Responds to Bush-McCain Scheme For Immediate Release: Phoenix, AZ - Tomorrow morning, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans will unite with Arizona retirees and a coalition of public interest groups outside a Phoenix Social Security office to protest Senator John McCain’s support for Social Security privatization. In an interview appearing in the March 3 edition on The Wall Street Journal, McCain said, “As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it -- along the lines that President Bush proposed.” The proposal Senator McCain now favors is the same Bush privatization plan rejected by the American people in 2005 for jeopardizing the economic security of current and future retirees and ravaging guaranteed benefits for seniors and the disabled. “It's no wonder George W. Bush endorsed John McCain. They have a lot in common - including both wanting to privatize Social Security,” said Doug Hart, President of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans. “Under the Bush-McCain scheme, our Social Security benefits would be thrown to the whims of the stock market. We get all the risk, but Wall Street gets all the reward.” Date: Friday, March 7, 2008 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Social Security Office Suite 100 250 N Seventh Ave Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Contact: Joan Serviss, (623) 225-6728 or jserviss@retiredamericans.org Marcie Kohenak, (202) 637-5178 or mkohenak@retiredamericans.org Related Documents McCain Social Security Event March 7