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elleng

(130,126 posts)
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 09:06 PM Dec 2016

GOP introduces plan to massively cut Social Security.

On Thursday, Rep. Sam Johnson, a Republican from Texas and chair of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced legislation to significantly cut Social Security.

The bill introduced by Johnson, who is also the chair of the Social Security subcommittee, slashes benefits, adds means testing, and would raise the retirement age from 67 to 69.

For most workers, the bill would cut Social Security benefits substantially. As Michael Linden, associate director for tax and budget policy at Center for American Progress, pointed out on Twitter, a letter from Social Security’s Office of the Actuary calculated workers making around $50,000 would see checks shrink by between 11% and 35%.

Nearly every income bracket would see a reduction, save for the very bottom. People making around $12,280 in 2016 who have worked for 30 years would see an increase of around 20%. But young people making the same amount would be hit hard by the changes. If they had 14 years of work experience by 2016, they would see their benefits cut in half.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-introduces-plan-to-massively-cut-social-security-222200857.html

http://samjohnson.house.gov/contact-me/3rd-d-tr-ct-contact-nformat-on.htm

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GOP introduces plan to massively cut Social Security. (Original Post) elleng Dec 2016 OP
Fuck these people shenmue Dec 2016 #1
It is time to contact your Congressional Representatives Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #2
Yes, this is why I posted this here, elleng Dec 2016 #3
I just wrote to my 2 asshole Senators from GA. Useless Isakson and Douchebag Perdue. CurtEastPoint Dec 2016 #4
Thanks to YOU, Curt. elleng Dec 2016 #5
they WILL go to far & hope the fucking idiots make them pay. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #6
We the People must make them pay. elleng Dec 2016 #7

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
2. It is time to contact your Congressional Representatives
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 09:16 PM
Dec 2016

and to support the efforts of groups who will work to defeat this absurd proposal.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10611720

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