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hermetic

(8,663 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 01:41 PM Jan 2023

Sign the petition to protect Social Security

and Medicare from Republican attacks. From MoveOn

Social Security and Medicare are lifesaving programs that should be strengthened, not cut. Congress must raise the debt ceiling to protect workers and our economy, without slashing the Social Security and Medicare programs that millions of Americans depend on.

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/protect-medicare-and-social-security-not-the-wealthy?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=b046ed6f-1b5c-41c4-b3e4-e8689c78acaf

Thank you.

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Sign the petition to protect Social Security (Original Post) hermetic Jan 2023 OP
Done Twoflower Jan 2023 #1
Done Duncanpup Jan 2023 #2
Done.. SheilaAnn Jan 2023 #3
I declined, they asked for too much information. secondwind Jan 2023 #4
I quit signing those things calguy Jan 2023 #6
Phone is optional Goonch Jan 2023 #7
Done👍 Goonch Jan 2023 #5
Kickin' Faux pas Jan 2023 #8
Thank You!! I can't believe Cha Jan 2023 #9
Internet petitions are data harvesting and fundraising tools Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #10
Done Zany Progressive Oct 2023 #11
NOTHING Smithjones55 Jan 2024 #12
NOBODY, YES, NOBODY,.... WILL GET RID OF MEDICARE & SOCIAL SECURITY Stuart G Feb 2024 #13
You do realize hermetic Feb 2024 #14

calguy

(5,783 posts)
6. I quit signing those things
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 02:23 PM
Jan 2023

Call me a sceptic, in my experience I've not seen where they make any impact at all, except that soon after I sign, I start getting flooded with emails asking me for money.
No thanks.

Fiendish Thingy

(18,806 posts)
10. Internet petitions are data harvesting and fundraising tools
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 04:08 PM
Jan 2023

And nothing more. No substantive change was ever initiated or effected via an internet petition.

If you feel strongly about this issue, write or call (don’t email) your elected representatives.

 
11. Done
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 10:36 PM
Oct 2023

I signed the petition. Thank you for starting it, if you aren’t just sharing it. If you are then thank you for sharing it! I have a petition on my Political news site has a petition posted for the Governor of Pennsylvania to switch to renewable energy and save residents money on their electric bills. In case anyone would like to sign. It’s in the main newsfeed https://progressivenewz.org

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
13. NOBODY, YES, NOBODY,.... WILL GET RID OF MEDICARE & SOCIAL SECURITY
Mon Feb 12, 2024, 06:46 PM
Feb 2024

NOBODY, NOBODY,
NOBODY, NOBODY,
NOBODY, NOBODY,

NOBODY,
NOBODY,
NOBODY,
NOBODY,

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
14. You do realize
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 09:44 AM
Feb 2024

that OP was from over a year ago? The petition was sent long ago.

While I do appreciate your optimism, I also advise to never say, "Never." Or NOBODY." Cause there's always someone out there who will say, 'Yeah? Well, hold my beer."

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