From LaVern Isely
Monroe
To the editor:
Since the newly-elected Republican Party now controls the House and the Senate and they are trying to sell the idea that the best way to pay off the debt is by cutting Social Security benefits because they are claiming it's an entitlement. I can't think of a more perfect time for the authors of "Social Security Works. Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All" by Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson, which I agree with because Social Security, which is definitely an earned benefit and my wife and I both paid into it all our working days for our retirement.
After we each turned 65, we paid and continue to pay a monthly premium for Medicare. In case our health costs would run higher, we bought a Medicare Advantage Plan. Just because someone becomes a senior citizen, it's no sign they shouldn't get good health care with good local facilities. I talked to many of my friends today in enjoying what they successfully planned out and I go to the annual Senior Expo at Monroe High School, where I picked up a lot of valuable information.
We are also members of Public Citizen and AARP, who is going to have a National Event titled "Life at 50+" on May 14-16, 2015 in Miami, Florida. We, as unpaid lobbyists, are fighting to get our ideas across against the big corporations who have paid lobbyists, who are out to strip Social Security, 401 (k)s, pension funds, and medical coverage such as Senior Care here in Wisconsin.
Write, phone or e-mail your elected officials in Congress and tell them to protect the 99 percent of the seniors, as well as the young people paying into Social Security. Like the book says on page 90 and I quote: "The richest 400 Americans have more wealth than the bottom 50 percent, which totals 155 million people. In 2010, the top 1 percent controlled 42 percent of all the financial wealth in the United States; the bottom 80 percent controlled just 5 percent."
This is why we must reverse all those income tax loopholes those big corporations are presently using to escape paying billions in income tax that should be used for funding government instead of blaming Social Security.
Monroe
To the editor:
Since the newly-elected Republican Party now controls the House and the Senate and they are trying to sell the idea that the best way to pay off the debt is by cutting Social Security benefits because they are claiming it's an entitlement. I can't think of a more perfect time for the authors of "Social Security Works. Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All" by Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson, which I agree with because Social Security, which is definitely an earned benefit and my wife and I both paid into it all our working days for our retirement.
After we each turned 65, we paid and continue to pay a monthly premium for Medicare. In case our health costs would run higher, we bought a Medicare Advantage Plan. Just because someone becomes a senior citizen, it's no sign they shouldn't get good health care with good local facilities. I talked to many of my friends today in enjoying what they successfully planned out and I go to the annual Senior Expo at Monroe High School, where I picked up a lot of valuable information.
We are also members of Public Citizen and AARP, who is going to have a National Event titled "Life at 50+" on May 14-16, 2015 in Miami, Florida. We, as unpaid lobbyists, are fighting to get our ideas across against the big corporations who have paid lobbyists, who are out to strip Social Security, 401 (k)s, pension funds, and medical coverage such as Senior Care here in Wisconsin.
Write, phone or e-mail your elected officials in Congress and tell them to protect the 99 percent of the seniors, as well as the young people paying into Social Security. Like the book says on page 90 and I quote: "The richest 400 Americans have more wealth than the bottom 50 percent, which totals 155 million people. In 2010, the top 1 percent controlled 42 percent of all the financial wealth in the United States; the bottom 80 percent controlled just 5 percent."
This is why we must reverse all those income tax loopholes those big corporations are presently using to escape paying billions in income tax that should be used for funding government instead of blaming Social Security.
