Stay Strong, Mr. President

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December 18, 2012

President Obama campaigned for raising tax rates on households making more than $250,000 a year, but he has now proposed allowing Bush-era tax rates to expire for households with more than $400,000 a year. In talks with House Speaker John Boehner, Obama also reportedly accepted a Republican proposal to cut Social Security by using a different formula to calculate cost-of-living increases. “He’s more serious about that than I would like to believe. The last thing you want to do is cut Social Security benefits,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told radio host Ed Schultz on Tuesday. He cited a new Washington Post/ABC News poll that showed a clear majority of Americans, 74 percent, would go along with Obama’s initial proposal to raise taxes on those with incomes over $250,000. The same poll found 60 percent of Americans said it is unacceptable to change the way Social Security benefits are calculated so that benefits increase with inflation at a slower rate than they do now. Sanders noted that the White House as recently as three weeks ago said that Social Security was off the table in the year-end deficit talks. “I want him to keep that promise,” Sanders said. “I hope the president stays strong.”

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=B7E751C2-F23E-41AF-9D06-D55C6DFA20A4

There is an audio link of Bernie Sanders talking to Ed Schultz. Listen or download here:

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/media/listen/?m=f4db3c84-3df4-43c4-9a61-5947ac9cba2f

Take the online poll on several questions here:

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/index.cfm?uid=f9ba5148-74bc-4a26-994b-483c32ddec66

I would suggest forwarding the questions and answers in contacting all representatives, both Republican and Democrat, as well as the White House, immediately.

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1. P. S. I was the 50th person to submit my opinion on this poll. Please let them hear our opinion here