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AARP Minnesota Will Be Delivering Petitions Urging the State's Congressional Delegation to Not Cut Social Security and Medicare
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(OPEN):
ON THURSDAY [JULY 28TH], MEMBERS OF A-A-R-P MINNESOTA
WILL BE DELIVERING PETITIONS TO THE DISTRICT-OFFICES OF THE STATE'S
CONGRESSIONAL-DELEGATION. MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND MINNESOTANS SIGNED
PETITIONS, IMPLORING THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL-DELEGATION NOT TO CUT
SOCIAL-SECURITY AND MEDICARE BENEFITS, AS PART OF ANY DEAL TO REDUCE THE
NATION'S DEFICIT. MICHELE KIMBALL IS A-A-R-P MINNESOTA'S
STATE-DIRECTOR...
(KIMBALL):
"THESE
PETITIONS REPRESENT THE REAL VOICES OF MINNESOTANS--INCLUDING D-F-L'ERS,
REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS--WHO ARE ALL UNITED IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO
CUTTING THE HARD-EARNED BENEFITS THAT THEY'VE PAID INTO. MAKE NO
MISTAKE: THE CURRENT DEBATE IN WASHINGTON AFFECTS OLDER
MINNESOTANS IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS--AND ANY CUTS TO CRITICAL PROGRAMS WILL
REDUCE THE BENEFIT-CHECKS THAT MANY MINNESOTANS RELY ON, AND WILL ALSO
SHIFT HEALTHCARE-COSTS ONTO THEM. SOCIAL-SECURITY AND MEDICARE
BENEFITS ARE ON THE TABLE--AND WE MUST RAISE OUR VOICES LOUDLY AND
OFTEN, TO REMIND OUR ELECTED-OFFICIALS THAT THESE LIFELINES MUST NOT BE
CUT IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT."
(CLOSE):
THURSDAY'S PETITION-DELIVERIES WILL INCLUDE A BUS-TOUR THROUGHOUT THE
TWIN-CITIES METRO--AS WELL AS SEPARATE DROP-OFFS IN DULUTH, DETROIT
LAKES, ROCHESTER, AND SAINT CLOUD.
