Rahm Emanuel (Chair, DCCC) - response to SOTU

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Last night many of us watched as President Bush threw down the gauntlet on Social Security. His language of "reform" cloaked an agenda designed to cut Social Security benefits while borrowing $2 trillion in new debt and enriching Wall Street brokers. As Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi put it in her "pre-buttal" to the State of the Union:

"These standards: fiscal responsibility, fairness, and not slashing benefits, should guide us in the debate on Social Security.

"Democrats will not allow this Administration to turn this proud, entrepreneurial achievement of the New Deal into a raw deal for millions of Americans.

"Let there be no doubt in anyone's mind -- Democrats will fight to see Social Security strengthened, not destroyed."

We at the DCCC have put together a comprehensive response to President Bush¹s plan for privatizing Social Security while adding trillions more to our national debt. Visit "The State of Delusion" at http://www.democraticaction.org/sotu to find recorded responses from Democratic Representatives Waxman, Schakowsky, Becerra, Spratt, Tubbs Jones, and myself, a point-by-point fact check, and opportunities for you to help us fight back against the Republican agenda. We need you with us to win this battle.

http://www.democraticaction.org/sotu