Tell Your Members of Congress: Defend Social Security Against Trump/Musk
Call BOTH of your Senators.
DC Office: 202-224-3841
Email (use your own words): Sen. Schiff’s email contact form
Note: Sen. Schiff’s voice mailbox appears to be full and they are asking people to use the email contact form. Use your own words if you are using the contact form. Sen. Schiff has not yet set up regional offices.
SF Office: (415) 981-9369
DC Office: (202) 224-3553
Email (use your own words): Sen. Padilla’s email contact form
Call ONE of the Representatives. Note: only one of these Congressmembers represents you. Find out which one here.
SF Office: (415) 556-4862
DC Office: (202) 225-4965
Email (use your own words): Rep. Pelosi’s email contact form
San Mateo Office: (650) 342-0300
DC Office: (202) 225-3531
Email (use your own words): Rep. Mullin’s email contact form
The Ask
Hello, my name is ____. I am a constituent from ZIP code ____ and a member of Indivisible SF.
Do everything in your power to protect Social Security from Trump, Musk, DOGE, and privatization.
Support and either cosponsor or introduce into the Senate the following House bills:
HR1877 to prohibit political appointees from accessing Social Security data.
HR.1876 to prevent Social Security staff cuts and office closures.
HR.1950 to require a 2/3rds vote to reduce SS, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits.
H.Res.195 Resolution of inquiry into DOGE actions against Social Security Administration.
And for Senators only, consider adding: "P.S. Dump Schumer!"
Background
Trump/Musk have been furiously slashing and gutting the federal government so that they can extend Trump's 2017 tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy before they expire at the end of this year. Now they are also targeting Social Security (SS) to benefit their big Wall Street donors. Through staff cuts and office closures, they are deliberately crippling the Social Security Administration (SSA) at the same time that they are imposing new, draconian regulations preventing recipients from conducting Social Security business by phone as has been encouraged since the 1980s.
They explicitly state that their intention is to force people to personally visit one of the remaining (under-staffed) SSA offices or use a complex web-based system that is hard for seniors to navigate without assistance. They know this will hobble the system and frustrate SS recipients. Their plan is to then use that frustration as a pretext for “privatizing” Social Security.
Privatization has long been a goal of the Republican Party and the mega-donors they serve. Under privatization, each person's SS account will be managed by that individual – or, far more likely – by for-profit Wall Street brokers and hedge funds, or local financial advisors, all of whom will be paid fees from the recipient's account. The SSA currently invests all of its funds in safe rock-solid U.S. government bonds, but privatization places each retiree's benefits at investment risk. Wall Street knows that privatization will surge enormous sums into the stock market, increasing stock prices and vastly enriching investors who already hold large portfolios.
Read more on our blog post, Trump and Musk's Social Security Scam
This Week's US Congressional Call Scripts:
Trump/Musk have been furiously slashing and gutting the federal government so that they can extend Trump's 2017 tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy before they expire at the end of this year. Tell your Senators and Representative to defend Social Security against Trump and Musk
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