Living On the Diagonal

Revised April 9, 2017 HISTORIANS WILL MARK 2017 AS BIRTH Of A MOVEMENT As AMERICA ENTERS A NEW REVOLUTION: "ERA OF MORAL POPULISM" THE FACES LEADING AN ERA OF MORAL POPULISM From: Michael Phelan, Social Security Works Subject: The biggest Social Security expansion bill yet* To: garygrz4@gmail.com Every day I sort and purge a deluge of email as the one I cite above. It seems at least a dozen emanate from various websites and organizations united, standing up for what is both admirable causes and truth in government. One of which is SocialSecurityWorks.org that is worthy of your attention if not your direct support. The fight at the front is within Congress. They find that there is the unseen agenda of a dominant Republican Congress with an end goal to dismantle your Social Security under stealth of the Trump White House. The majority of the pleas to sign a petition in support sent via email are what can be consider...

A New Face for a President of the United States January 21, 2017 Washington D.C. (04:25) Michael Beschloss,  official Historian for   MSNBC succinctly put into words his view of the 45th President upon delivering America's most important speech. "If one did not know, his speech was more of the same campaign rhetoric" as we have heard for months. Most in attendance described it to be "dark" and "vengeful." I would add "uninspiring."  The first Inaugural speech I recall is the one the majority of Americans best recall, whether Democrat and Republican is that of President John F. Kennedy. The tone rang of the strength of the nation, a surprising agenda defined as the far reaching goal to land the "first American on the moon within the next decade." JFK challenged ordinary Americans with the most memorable phrase as a challenge that chimes today.  "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for y...

January 2, 2017 AMERICANS ARE ENTITLED TO "A FUTURE WE CAN BELIEVE IN"  AND THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!  A President Bernie Sanders would be arguing for "expanding benefits" President-Elect & House Speaker Paul Ryan Ryan withdrew Trump support but now has "a cat who ate the canary' smirk.  The photo itself shows there is a "glaring error" in what is to come.   In an email initiated by  Act Blue  they report " Rep. Sam Johnson (R-T X)  – Chairman of the House Social Security Subcommittee – introduced a bill that would, on average, cut Social Security benefits by 27% for the majority of recipients." Act Blue asks for citizens to sign a petition to prohibit such cuts.*                                          Michael Phelan Social Security Works   info@socialsecurityworks.org I signed the petition and encourage you to d...

TELL SPEAKER PAUL RYAN TO STOP ANY IDEA TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY NOW! BERNIE'S SPEECH INCLUDES TRUMP PROMISE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE  ADDED LIST: CONTACT WASHINGTON - HOW TO EMAIL, WRITE CONGRESS FIND THIS AT TOP IN TITLE BAR. CLICK ON FOR INFORMATION REMIND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP OF HIS OATH TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE Wednesday, November 16, 2016 ACT BLUE, an online advocacy group sent an email in collaboration with Social Security Works to sign a petition to STOP Speaker Paul Ryan and President-Elect Donald Trump from any discussion, plan or legislation to privatize Social Security and Medicare. In addition to checking off a box in support, there is a small field area to add remarks. So, I entered my arguments as to why any such measure is wrong. I sent my remarks along to Social Security Works, but I do not intend to stop there. In addition to this post, I plan on forwarding my comments in a letter or email to every...