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RESOLUTION 2005-04 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bruce G. Rinker and Council as a Whole <br />A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF <br />PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY <br />WHEREAS, For 70 years, Social Security has been America's most important <br />economic program for individuals and families. Through depressions, wars, government <br />shutdowns, and blizzards, benefit checks have arrived on time and in full, and today, go <br />to more than 40 million people; and <br />WHEREAS, Social Security is the main retirement income against poverty for <br />most retirees, since less than one-third of retirees receive private pensions; and <br />WHEREAS, Social Security is the main income for over 7 million disabled <br />workers and their dependants and 7 million survivors of deceased workers; and <br />WHEREAS, Social Security is the main income for retired women and minority <br />workers because of unequal job realities; now <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUIITCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. That Congress be urged to pursue, as it always has, a bi-partisan effort to <br />make modest adjustments to guarantee full benefits for all future generations; and <br />Section 2. That this organization opposes all privatization schemes which would drain <br />and destroy Social Security; and <br />Section 3. That we urge our citizens to participate in activities that seek to prevent the <br />privatization and weakening of Social Security. <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTED: 2005 <br />WILLIAM BUCKHOLTZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT <br />BRUCE G. RINKER, MAYOR <br />DONNA J. ROMAN, CLERK OF COUNCIL <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br />JOSEPH W. DIEMERT, DIRECTOR OF LAW <br />