Social Security Tele-Truth Campaign

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--The Tele-Truth Phone Campaign--

January 29, 2005

Join the Tele-Truth Phone Campaign, to target the extremist right wing Republicans that support the Wall Street/Bush scheme to privatize Social Security! These same CORPORATE SHILLS, claim to be outraged that people would call their office to speak out in opposition to their scheme to privatize Social Security! It's outrageous! See the Palm Beach story below...

In Florida they are known as the "DIRTY THREE", and have been known to sell out the elderly and disabled to the likes of the profiteers at CHARLES SCHWAB, ENRON & GLOBAL CROSSING!

Call the "DIRTY THREE" now, to tell them to keep their dirty hands off of Social Security!

Tell them you live in Florida! Offer them one of the handy Zip Codes listed below for each district that you may decide to reside in! Take your pick! Call the "DIRTY THREE," now!

Call the D.C. Offices of Ginny Brown-Waite, Clay Shaw, and C."Bill"Young at the TOLL FREE SWITCHBOARD #1/888/818-6641 Call Now!!! Call Often!!! See info below...

The Tele-Truth Phone Campaign is AMERICAS #1 direct action plan to persuade members of the House & Senate to denounce the scheme to privatize Social Security! Call Now!!!

---THE DIRTY THREE---

1) Chrystal River, Florida. [Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite]

Chrystal River has more Social Security recipients in it's Zip Code areas than any other city in the nation. You can claim that you reside in the following Zip Code areas of 34428 or 34429 which are in Chrystal River.

The Republican Representative for Chrystal River is named Ginny Brown-Waite.

Call Ginny Brown-Waite now (toll Free) at her office in Washington D.C., and tell her to back off from any plans to privatize Social Security or cut benefits to seniors! 1/888/818-6641

2) Palm Beach & West Palm Beach Florida. [Rep. Clay Shaw]
The Palm Beach area is full of Social Security retirees, and has only one "zip code 33480" for you to claim as your residence.

West Pam Beach; Zip Codes-- 33401- 33403- 33404- 33405-

Call the toll free number now at 1/888/818-6641 to the office of Clay Shaw, and tell SHAW why you oppose any plans to privatize Social Security or cut benefits to seniors!

3) Largo, Florida. [Rep. C. "Bill" Young or C.W. Young]
Largo is full of Social Security recipients and C."Bill"Young has been angry that the people have the nerve to call his office about his plans to privatize Social Security. A very stupid man!!!

Largo has a several Zip Codes you may claim to use for your location. Zip Codes-- 33770- 33771- 33773

Call Bill Young at his office, toll free at 1/888/818-6641 to tell Mr. Young why you oppose any plans to privatize Social security or cut benefits to seniors! Call Bill now!!!

Make those calls now to denounce the "DIRTY THREE" for supporting the Wall Street/Bush privatization plans for Social Security and tell them why you oppose their scheme to terminate the program! Call 1/888/818-6641 Call Now!!!

Why you should call the DIRTY THREE! See the story below...


---The REPUBLICANS ARE SNIVELING ABOUT THE OPPOSITION---

Shaw decries anonymous phone calls on privatization of Social Security

By Brian E. Crowley
Palm Beach Post Political Editor

Friday, January 28, 2005

The female voice is never identified but the message she sends in hundreds of phone messages to Florida voters is meant to derail President Bush's plan for changing Social Security by pressuring the state's congressional delegation.

Calling it a "tele-scare" campaign, U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw said Thursday that hundreds of his constituents in Palm Beach and Broward counties have been getting the automated phone calls that end without saying who is responsible for the message.
 
Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, said his congressional district started getting the calls Wednesday. Other GOP members of the Florida delegation started getting calls to their district voters earlier in the week.

Gladys Van Otteren, a West Palm Beach Republican and mother of six, said she was outraged when she got the phone call Thursday and wondered why whoever is paying for the calls is hiding their identity.

"Somebody should do something about this," she said. "This is going to freak out a lot of older people."

According to a transcript provided by Shaw's office, the automated message starts with "Hi" and continues: "I am calling to alert you that your congressman, Clay Shaw, supports privatizing Social Security. This plan would cost taxpayers $2 trillion. It would also decrease future benefits to retirees by 47 percent. The Social Security Trust Fund should be in a lock box, not a Wall Street slot machine. Tell Congressman Shaw that we want real Social Security reform, not a risky Wall Street gamble."

Shaw said in a written statement, "I am profoundly disturbed that someone is anonymously calling senior citizens in my district to purposely mislead them by spreading false allegations about my position on Social Security,"

As the ranking Republican on the Social Security subcommittee, Shaw is a major player in the House's efforts to change how the nation pays for Social Security. Shaw has proposed a plan that would allow younger workers to invest up to 4 percent of their earnings in private personal investment accounts that have government approval.

Some experts have estimated that a similar plan advocated by Bush could cost more than $2 trillion in "transition costs" to replace monies that would be diverted to the private accounts.

Unlike the White House and other proposals, however, Shaw's plan would create a safety net that guarantees full Social Security benefits if the private investment fails to provide an equal amount or more in income.

Calls also are going to the districts of GOP Reps. Ginny Brown-Waite of Crystal River and C. Bill Young of Largo.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/01/28/a18a_SHAW_0128.html

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