Meeting in Columbus, Ohio on 4/9/13, the 300 delegates to the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) greeted the president’s announcement that his proposed budget would propose cuts to Social Security with outrage!
A proposal that Ohio ARA support a petition against the Ryan budget was changed to a petition defending Social Security from any cuts. That resolution was adopted unanimously.
“Nobody likes that Ryan budget,” stated Keith Bailey, IUE retiree from Dayton, “but we aren’t anyone’s pawn. We don’t care who proposes it, if they want to cut the most successful federal program in our nation’s history, that didn’t add one penny to the deficient, then we’ll stand up together and tell them---No Way!”
The resolution opposing any cuts to Social Security also stated that the cap on Social Security taxes, now at $113,000, should be eliminated, so that the wealthy pay their fair share.