Noon Thursday: Come help protect Social Security

[Scuba]

From my email....



Dear Scuba,

Please join Social Security employees, beneficiaries and advocates as we take action this Thursday, Oct. 27, outside Social Security offices across the country with a simple message: “Hands Off My Social Security!”

When: Noon on Thursday, Oct. 27
Where: Click here to find an action near you http://local.we-r-1.org/weareone

America’s long-term deficit problem has absolutely nothing to do with Social Security—which doesn’t contribute a dime to our deficit. And it has nothing to do with federal workers, either. The people who keep our food safe, send out Social Security checks, provide health care for veterans and protect workers’ rights and our environment didn’t cause the deficit—and hurting them won’t solve it.

That’s why this Thursday at noon we’re joining our brothers and sisters who work for the federal government in rejecting these outrageous, unwarranted attacks. We’ll be at Social Security offices across the country with the American Federation of Government Employees demanding no cuts to Social Security benefits or services.

Click here to find an event near you.

The threat to Social Security is real and immediate. Although Social Security doesn’t contribute one penny to the federal deficit, some members of the Deficit Reduction Committee want to cut benefits and services for tens of millions of seniors, survivors and people with disabilities.

And it is not just future cash benefits that are threatened. Social Security services are being cut right now because of already enacted budget cuts. Office closings, shorter hours and the threatened furloughs or layoffs of thousands of Social Security employees are causing immediate problems for people with immediate needs.

You really can make a difference by joining AFGE activists outside a Social Security office near you. Help guarantee the future of Social Security. The time for action is now.

Make your voice heard: Join a noontime "Hands off Social Security" event on Thursday. http://local.we-r-1.org/weareone

Things are tough enough for working families now without taking the net out from under seniors, survivors and people with disabilities and cutting good jobs. Thursday’s the day to tell every lawmaker in Congress: “Hands Off My Social Security.”

In Solidarity,

Manny Herrmann
Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Hey, I'm in LaCrosse, but,

anything going on near there?


also, anything to the rumor that there might be a rally to kickoff the Recall Walker drive?

[Scuba]

2. LaCrosse and Winona both show something happening...

http://local.we-r-1.org/weareone/events/search?zip=54601&commit=GO&state=


There's a contact listed.

[sarcasmo]

3. Kick!