Thinktank preys on seniors in Social Security scare campaign

A conservative not-for-profit thinktank has targeted seniors in at least three misleading scare-tactic letter campaigns to raise money for their own organization, RAW STORY has learned.
The D.C.-based thinktank, The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), warns seniors in its most current mailing about the crisis facing Social Security, which many leading economic leaders have debunked as myth.
The letters are sent on behalf of “The National Retirement Security Task force,” a project of the organization.
The president of NCPPR, Amy Moritz Ridenour, asks in one such letter obtained by RAW STORY, “Should we put most of our time and effort into fighting to prevent liberal big-spenders from draining an estimated $100 billion from the trust fund? Or should I go head to head against the left-wing’s reckless use of $70 billion tax surplus when they promised to put our Social Security first?”