[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the FiscalCliff andSequestration

Fri Dec 21 23:37:55 UTC 2012

Hi all,
Actually, I've listened to various news sources. I do not believe based on 
reports that social security disability insurance is impacted.
No one wants to touch current social security and I think this includes 
ssdi. I just got a letter in fact saying my ssdi would go up; for working 
part time and cost of living. Now, your SSI may be cut if you depend on it. 
But I doubt SSDI will. If you think otherwise and have sources to state 
that, please share.

But where it impacts us is rehab funding; even working adults depend on 
rehab ocasionally for post employment services like equipment and mobility 
training.
So this will hurt  all of us. I' am scared because with funding cuts comes 
order of selection.
This means they cut out those people who are not as needy temporarily. This 
probably includes me  and I want rehab services for Mobility training, 
equipment upgrades and the little help they give me in finding  a job.

So, I hope and pray we do not go over the cliff.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Kenneth Chrane
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 6:23 PM
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andSequestration

We don't want to see our programs like Social Security go to Waste.
Ken Chrane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
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> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Chrane
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> Sequestration
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> Email
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>
>
>
> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal 
> deficit.
> It's good to hear from you.
>
>
>
> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of 
> solving
> tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid the devastating
> impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts known as sequester.
> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of Americans 
> would
> see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring our nation
> back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage we do to 
> ourselves
> and the economy.
>
>
>
> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must have a
> combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our debt and still
> grow the economy.  We must also protect the social contract between the
> American people and their government.  Medicare and Medicaid need to be
> reformed and refreshed not gutted or block-granted.
>
>
>
> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid the 
> fiscal
> cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by letting the 2001
> and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more than $250,000 per 
> year.
> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can also make
> thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military and domestic - 
> that
> will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I supported the Budget 
> Control
> Act passed by Congress in 2011 that would require $900 billion in cuts 
> over
> 10 years.
>
>
>
> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to get us
> to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class families and do
> nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to reduce the deficit.  In
> Maryland alone, this could result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs
> and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>
>
>
> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent the 
> fiscal
> cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending policy to
> reduce our national debt.
>
>
>
> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is very
> important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you 
> in
> the future.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbara A. Mikulski
> United States Senator
>
>
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