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        Sign the Petition to Oppose
        Privatizing Social Security

President George W. Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The Social Security program has been a great success. Before it was implemented 70 years ago, 50 percent of older Americans lived in poverty. Today, that number is down to 10 percent. But the program has not only protected seniors from poverty, it has also served as a safety net for millions of disabled people, widows, widowers, and children whose parents have passed away. You have said that the Social Security program is in crisis. In your State of the Union address, you claimed that Social Security would be “exhausted and bankrupt” by 2042. However, the Social Security Board of Trustees estimates that the program can pay 100 percent of its promised benefits until 2042, even if no changes are made to the program. After 2042, recipients would continue to receive 73 percent of their benefits for the next three decades without any changes to the existing program. Changes to Social Security are needed, but privatizing the program will worsen its financial problems and weaken this source of retirement and disability income that so many Americans depend on. With half of all American workers not covered by retirement plans, your plan could seriously jeopardize the retirement security of millions of Americans. In fact, the Center for Economic and Policy Research estimates that the average retiree will lose more than $152,000 in benefits over the course of a 20-year retirement if your plan is enacted. Americans must do more to prepare for retirement, but we can make changes without fundamentally dismantling the Social Security program. Sincerely, Dianne Feinstein United States Senator Sign the petition below Fields marked with an * are required. Prefix:    * Mr. Miss Mrs. Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. First name:* Last name: * Street Address:* Street Address: City: * State:* Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Zip Code: * E-mail:* Yes, I oppose privatizing Social Security.   Please sign me up for Senator Feinstein's e-mail newsletter         so I can keep informed about this and other important issues.

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