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Press Release
Iowans United to Protect Social Security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Date: August 12, 2005
For more information, contact:
Matt Russell, 515-277-5077 (ext 15)
Who is ducking? Congressman Jim Nussle on Social Security Privatization
Congressman Jim Nussle – Key House Ways and Means Member and Candidate for Governor – Has STILL Not Made His Position Known on Privatizing Social Security as His Own Committee Prepares to Consider Legislation
DES MOINES, IA – As this weekend marks the 70th Anniversary of the Social Security System, Iowa Citizen Action Network and Iowans United will be present at the Iowa State Fair tomorrow, Saturday, August 13th beginning at 9:00AM at the Grand Avenue entrance gate sporting a large Duck suit passing out balloons saying: “Representative Nussle – Quit Ducking! Take a Stand on Social Security Privatization.” Congressman Nussle, member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Candidate for Governor, has still not taken a position on privatizing Social Security as his committee prepares to discuss the Republican – McCrery Privatization Bill when Congress reconvenes in September.
Late last month, U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA), Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, introduced his long awaited legislation which raids the Social Security Trust Fund to establish private accounts. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Bill Thomas, has indicated that the committee with bring up the Bill in September. Nussle still has not taken a stand on privatizing Social Security.
This weekend, August 14th, marks the 70th Anniversary of the Social Security System in which the Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt creating our country’s oldest safety-net providing financial security for our nation’s retired and disabled citizens. Iowa Citizen Action Network and Iowans United are planning a birthday celebration on Friday, August 19th in Waterloo, Iowa.
WHAT:
Iowa Citizen Action Network and Iowans United in Duck Suit Challenging Congressman Nussle to Take a Position on Social Security Privatization
WHEN:
Saturday, August 13th beginning at 9:00AM
WHERE:
Iowa State Fair
Grand Avenue Entrance, Gate 11
Des Moines, Iowa
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Faces and Voices of Social Security Campaign
FACT SHEETS
Privatization: Fact Vs Fiction
Is the McCrery-Shaw Bill Privatization?
REPORTS
Institute for America’s Future: Rural Communities Rely on Social Security Income Nearly TWICE as Much as Non-Rural Communities
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Why the President’s Social Security proposals could ultimately lead to the unraveling of Social Security
Institute for America's Future: Privatization = $152,000 Cut in Social Security Checks for Typical Iowan
RESOURCES
Americans United to Protect Social Security
Midwest Academy: The Bush Plan Weakens Social Security
IN THE NEWS
09/30/05, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Public hearing highlights poverty, budget spending
09/29/05, Mason City Globe Gazette: Guest View: Finding Budget 'High Ground'
09/29/05, Cedar Rapids Gazette: Advocates hope to avoid program cuts
09/27/05, Quad City Times: Putting a face on budget plight
09/20/05, Des Moines Register: Hearings planned on cuts to social programs
08/20/05, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Labor group joins protest of Social Security proposal
08/04/05, Washington Evening Journal: Washington stop on Social Security roadshow
07/26/05, Clear Lake Reporter: Social Security Town Hall Discussion to Take Place in Clear Lake
07/06/2005, The Hawk Eye: Group aiming to take stand against Social Security privatization
PRESS RELEASES
02/09/06 - Iowans Call on Nussle to Reject Social Security Cuts and Privatization
8/19/05 - Iowans Celebrate 70 Years of Social Security
8/12/05 - Who Is Ducking? Congressman Jim Nussle on Social Security Privatization
8/3/05 - Rural Iowans to Discuss Effects of Proposed Changes to Social Security
