SANDERS = President Obama will NOT cut Social Security = NO Chained CPI in 2015

SANDERS = Huge victory for Seniors and Working Families = grass-roots WON

SANDERS = 3 years ago GOP pushed “entitlement reform” = organized by powerful billionaires like Pete Peterson, the Koch brothers = Main stream media

SANDERS = Our strategy = educating and organizing = Senate formed Defending Social Security Caucus = $2.7 trillion in Social Security trust fund = Good 19 Yrs

SANDERS = Social Security has NEVER contributed to the deficit = independently funded by the FICA payroll tax. 

SANDERS = Proposed cuts = DAMAGE to millions of seniors, disabled veterans and others by reducing their ability to keep pace with the Cost of Living. 

SANDERS = Grass-roots organization of millions of Americans DID THIS = Petitions + Calls to Congress + Emails + Demonstrations + Rallies = A political price to pay if they ignored us.

SANDERS = Political Lesson = People Standing Together accomplish Great THINGS

SANDERS = Now we must Think PRO-ACTIVELY into the future = Obscene income & wealth inequality + Expansion of the middle class to improve LIVES

SANDERS = GOALS:  Expand Social Security, create millions of new jobs, raise the minimum wage, extend long-term unemployment benefits, make college affordable, develop a progressive tax system and create a COST EFFECTIVE health care system guaranteeing health care for all.

SANDERS = Koch brothers + allies = UNLIMITED $BILLIONS to DESTROY AMERICANS BUT WE CAN CONFRONT THEM INTELLIGENTLY + WE HAVE 90+% OF AMERICANS ON OUR SIDE WHO ARE BEING EDUCATED AND MOBILIZED!