April 22, 2025
The Seniors Center Delivers 182,953 Petitions to Congress Demanding Action on Social Security Trust Fund
Washington, D.C. — After conducting a sweeping nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the growing crisis facing Social Security, The Seniors Center today announced the delivery of 182,953 signed petitions to Congressional leaders, calling for immediate action to protect and strengthen the Social Security Trust Fund.
The petitions represent the voices of concerned Americans from across the country who are urging lawmakers to take decisive steps to ensure the continued payment of earned retirement benefits and to stop the diversion of Social Security funds for unrelated government spending.
“I have huge concerns about the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund,” said Dan Perrin, President of The Seniors Center. “And if we don’t fix the terrible flaws in our Social Security Trust Fund, retirees will see drastic benefit cuts and/or changes in eligibility in the not very distant future. The most basic flaw is that the Social Security Trust Fund is empty. Congress has borrowed and spent $2.85 trillion — every dime of the savings we entrusted them with is gone. And I hope the voices of 182,953 Americans will wake up Washington to the fact that the time to act is now.”
The Seniors Center is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization representing voters in 48 states and 412 congressional districts. Through grassroots community outreach, petition drives, and legislative campaigns, the organization has engaged tens of millions of Americans to spread the word about the urgent need to protect retirement security for current and future generations.
The group believes that Social Security is a sacred contract between generations — and that funds collected for retirement should be permanently protected and segregated from the general U.S. budget to prevent misuse by lawmakers.
To learn more about The Seniors Center and their mission to protect Social Security, visit www.theseniors.center.
