'When Republicans say they want to create a commission to 'look at' Social Security and Medicare, they mean one thing: benefit cuts,' says SSWorks' Nancy Altman in response to a new DataProgress survey showing heavy opposition to McCarthy's commission.
As House Republicans advance a budget proposal that one leading criticwould "destroy Social Security as we know it," a survey published Wednesday showed U.S. voters overwhelmingly oppose the creation of the fiscal commission proposed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to decide how to gut the vital social program upon which nearly 70 million Americans rely.
In contrast, 93% of survey respondents said that Social Security benefits should remain as they are or be expanded, including 94% of Democrats, 91% of Independents, and 94% of Republicans."Voters correctly understand that Social Security and Medicare are earned benefits," Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group"Contrary to the claims of McCarthy and other Republicans, Social Security doesn't contribute a single penny to the national debt," she noted.
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