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Reply #1: This is so perverse. It's exactly what you'd expect from these mutants.
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Judi Lynn
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Wed Mar-08-06 05:21 PM
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1. This is so perverse. It's exactly what you'd expect from these mutants. |
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From the second link: RAW STORY published the letter in January of 2005. The story it accompanied detailed the effort by the conservative nonprofit to raise money from senior citizens by disguising a solicitation for a political donation under the guise of a “Task Force” to save Social Security.
Sent amidst a climate of growing concern about the Social Security program, the group's letters targeted seniors of both parties, aiming to convince them their Social Security benefits were in jeopardy in hopes of inducing them to donate money. The mailings also encouraged seniors to keep the missive secret from others, perhaps even from family members.
"Inside your sealed envelope is information regarding the potential collapse of the Social Security system -- and how it can endanger you and the entire United States senior citizen population," NCPPR president Amy Ridenour writes on behalf of the National Social Security Task Force (Read the letter here).
"It is also critical that you share this pertinent information ONLY with other trustworthy individuals." (snip)
From the link at the bottom of the second article:The group's letters target seniors of both parties, aiming to convince them their Social Security benefits are in jeopardy and thereby induce them to donate money. The mailings also encourage seniors to keep the mailing secret from others, perhaps even from family members.
"Inside your sealed envelope is information regarding the potential collapse of the Social Security system – and how it can endanger you and the entire United States senior citizen population," NCPPR president Amy Ridenour writes in one such letter obtained by RAW STORY (Read the letter here). "It is also critical that you share this pertinent information ONLY with other trustworthy individuals."
"Should we put most of our time and effort into fighting to prevent liberal big-spenders from draining an estimated $100 billion from the trust fund?" Ridenour asks. "Or should I go head to head against the left-wing's reckless use of $70 billion tax surplus when they promised to put our Social Security first?"
"The liberal monster is primed to rip your Social Security to shreds," reads another hyperbolic letter reported on by the San Francisco Examiner in 1998. (snip) http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Social_Security_%E2%80%9Cfright_mail%E2%80%9D_targeting_seniors_0125.html
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Too bad there's no longer any use of the soul-satisfying STOCKS used by early European Americans. I'd surely love to make a special trip to gape publically at these typical right-wing monsters.
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