NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

I would go as far to call this elder abuse. They inundate my father with mailings with urgent language that to someone his age and unfamiliar with these scams, seems realistic. This is essentially a company and they are soliciting to pay their salaries. And worse, I bet you noticed once you give, you get more. And more. And not just from them...but from all the other related "charities". They sell their lists so you keep getting more mail.

If you donate to this organization one time you will be subsequently inundated by numerous solicitations month after month. They have even sent requests for donations or membership fees to my address with incorrect names. I no longer donate to this organization. That being said Congress, especially the Republican party needs to fully understand that this program Social Security is a needed and valuable national insurance plan for people who are not wealthy to have at least some chance of survival and dignity in their retirement years. I donate to Progressive Democrats who are pro Social Security and Medicare. Furthermore, let me just remind people that the Social Security administration operates on about 1.5 To 2% overhead. That is pretty darn efficient.

There is too much fraud by Social Security and Medicare employees. For those needing disability benefits badly, they die one month and the next month are told they are fit as a thoroughbred horse. This action organization has been given years to clean up the corruption in SSA (including Medicare), but SSA keeps wasting our tax dollars while their employees are caught watching football games during work hours. Or collecting benefits off dead persons Social Security numbers. Can't preserve programs the government employees are purposely running into the ground. I would rate this action group higher if they held SSA's feet to the fire even just once when it comes to treating beneficiaries fairly, and cutting the waste of lazy government employees and sloppy slow programs. Some programs can't be saved, and the bad culture at SSA makes it worth shutting down. Since Medicare is run by SSA, it isn't worth per serving either.

Like many others I was put off by the aggressive fundraising AFTER i became a subscription paying "member." Again and again I receive demands that I renew, all on "government style" stationery.
When I look at their financials I see that of $15m in income some $7m (50%) is for admin and fundraising (the letters I receive I suppose). I assume they push all they can into the "program" category so what on earth do they spend $5m on admin (non fund raising and non-program). I think their salaries and expenses should be reviewed in detail.
I do not like the smell of this and will NOT renew my "membership".

I, too, am appalled by the constant mailings, which must cost the NCPSM money that would be better spent speaking with congress, especially, the GOP members of congress who are bound and determined to cut SS and Medicare.
Their letters are very aggressively asking for more, and more money. They they never, as yet have told me what they have accomplished.
I will no longer donate. I will support my senators and representative in my home state, as they are progressive Democrats.

The alarming language in solicitations and the frequency of mailings to elderly individuals amounts to coercion. This nonprofit spends most of its income on administration rather than program expenses. Most questions on available reports indicate that no response was received. How does this qualify as "transparent?"