Action Archive

President Bush's No. 1 domestic priority, privatization of Social Security, was stopped dead in its tracks in 2005. On Friday, December 2, the Campaign for America's Future held a forum at the National Press Club to remind the media about the citizen uprising—organized by CAF and Americans United to Protect Social Security—that made democracy work and turned the public against privatization. more »

President Bush didn't want anyone celebrating the 70th birthday of Social Security. Public praise for Social Security's 70 years of success would undermine plans to privatize the program. more »

We worked with our allies at Americans United to Protect Social Security to organize the "Take A Stand" campaign. In total, we held 224 Take a Stand events and 53 town hall meetings in the districts of 65 uncommitted members of Congress urging them to stand up against President Bush's risky privatization scheme. Thousands of Americans stood up for Social Security at events across the country. more »

On April 26, 2005, Americans United to Protect Social Security — a coalition including the Campaign for America's Future — organized hundreds of rallies across the country to stop privatization and protect Social Security. Thousands of Americans gathered at rallies across the nation to say NO! to President Bush's privatization plan.

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Following his State of the Union address, President Bush set out on a multi-state tour to outline his No. 1 domestic priority: privatizing Social Security. Along with our coalition partners, we organized rallies and press conferences at each stop to tell him, "Hands Off Social Security!"

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Following President Bush's State of the Union address, which talked about Social Security as if the sky were falling, the Campaign for America's Future organized a letter-to-the-editor campaign to make it clear that privatization is the only Social Security crisis. Nearly 3,000 people wrote letters to newspapers in all 50 states. more »

In the last two weeks of February 2005, we launched a multimedia advertising blitz to expose the Wall Street conflict of interest of Rep. Jim McCrery — the man charged with pushing Social Security privatization through the House of Representatives. more »