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DESCRIPTION:Pete Peterson's Social Security and Medicare Wrecking Crew\nis coming to 
 San Francisco Thursday, Sept. 23 at 5 PM.\nLet's Give Them the Welcome They 
 Deserve!\n\nThursday, September 23, 5 PM\n595 Market St. (at 2nd St., 
 Montgomery BART, see map)\nMore information: call CARA at 510-663-4086, or 
 M. Lyon at 415-215-7575\n\nPlease join us for a rally outside the 
 Commonwealth Club at 5 PM.  Bring signs and banners.  Those able to 
 purchase a ticket to the presentation and go inside, please do so. The 
 reception is at 5:30 PM, the program starts at 6 PM. \n\nThe Peter G. 
 Peterson Foundation and the Concord Coalition, right-wing think tanks that 
 have railed against Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for years, are 
 beginning a national "Fiscal Solutions Tour" to push their story.  "After 
 our financial and policy wizards have whisked away the temporary problems 
 of unemployment, deflation, and war, there will be new, deep fiscal 
 problems that will threaten America's economy and even its national 
 security. To solve these problems, seniors, people with disabilities, and 
 the poor must give up Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid."  Lies! 
 These are the country's most successful, popular, and life-sustaining 
 social programs. We've already paid into them.  They are not failing. We 
 will not give them up! \n\nPeterson tried to stampede us into demanding 
 these cuts last June, with "America Speaks,"  nineteen razzle-dazzle Town 
 Hall meetings held simultaneously across the country, and inter-connected 
 by closed-circuit TV.  It completely backfired. Though participants were 
 given slanted background materials and slanted choices, they rejected cuts 
 to social programs, endorsed higher taxes on the rich, demanded 
 single-payer healthcare, and demanded huge military cuts.  \n\nPeterson's 
 "Fiscal Solutions Tour" is another try at pushing the same message under 
 more controlled surroundings.  Let's give him the same message: Hands Off 
 Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! \n \nSpeakers: Robert Bixby, 
 executive director of the Concord Coalition; David M. Walker, president and 
 CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Isabel Sawhill, senior fellow in 
 economic studies, Brookings Institution; Michael Boskin, senior fellow at 
 the Hoover Institution and Stanford economics professor; and Tom Campbell, 
 former congressman (moderator).\n\nAdmission: $12 for Club members, $20 for 
 nonmembers and $7 for students. For tickets, go to commonwealthclub.org or 
 call (415) 597-6705.\n\nSee the Sept 17 SF Chronicle piece promoting this 
 event.\n\nPlease forward\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/19/18659204.php
SUMMARY:Protest Pete Peterson Social Security Wrecking Crew in San Francisco
LOCATION:Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St. (2nd St, Montgomery BART)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/19/18659204.php
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