Day: March 29, 2011

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Help Save Your Social Security: Call Today

  By Penn ACTION, Social Security, Take political action

Penn Action is proud to be part of the Strengthen Social Security Campaign.   We’re eager to continue the fight against the deficit hysteria used to call for benefit cuts to the most successful social program in the history of country.   Make no mistake: They are coming after benefits you earned. On Monday, March 28, the Strengthen Social Security Campaign joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Capitol Hill to demand a halt to needless attacks on Social Security and the citizens who receive it.  We can stop these cuts but all of us we need to take action to do it. Please call your Senators today and demand that they vote for the Sanders/Reid Social Security Protection Amendment. Please call now: 1-866-251-4044 ACT NOW!  Your voice needs to be heard. Senator Sanders and Majority Leader Reid are leading the Senate with an amendment to protect Social Security from drastic cuts.  Their amendment simply says: Social Security benefits for current… Continue reading

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It’s about security for working people and the middle class

  By Social Justice, US

  Our 2011 Program: It’s about security for working people and the middle class or Why and how we must expose and fight back against the dirty little secret of right wing economic policy As a multi-issue organization, Penn ACTION will be taking on a lot. But while we will be engaged in many different struggles—health care, women’s health, unemployment insurance, fair taxes, education, and starting this week, the fight to preserve Social Security—there is a core commitment and a unified strategy that lies behind all our work. The core commitment is to provide security for working people and the middle class. Market Economies and Insecurity We know that a market economy can be a great generator of income and wealth. But from the beginning, capitalism has also been a generator of uncertainty and insecurity. Capitalism initially generated great wealth not just by creating opportunities for entrepreneurs but by generating insecurity, specifically… Continue reading