Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: "Social Security Represents Freedom and Security for ALL Americans"
Leslie Thatcher @ Truthout - In a recent briefing with a small group of reporters and activists in Minneapolis, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) discussed the relentless right-wing attacks on Social Security and the need for a concerted strategy to counter them.
According to Senator Whitehouse, any and all the proposals that would undermine the program should be vigorously opposed and debated now before the Biden Group releases its July 1 report, expected to offer a trillion dollars in cuts. The senator was clear that a key GOP goal in the ongoing budget/public deficit negotiations is for Democrats to become complicit in weakening the program and so be vulnerable to attack on hugely popular Social Security. It is crucial, he argued, that there be not the single slightest crack in the Democratic dike containing attacks against the system. Read more.
According to Senator Whitehouse, any and all the proposals that would undermine the program should be vigorously opposed and debated now before the Biden Group releases its July 1 report, expected to offer a trillion dollars in cuts. The senator was clear that a key GOP goal in the ongoing budget/public deficit negotiations is for Democrats to become complicit in weakening the program and so be vulnerable to attack on hugely popular Social Security. It is crucial, he argued, that there be not the single slightest crack in the Democratic dike containing attacks against the system. Read more.
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