GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are now pressing to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits to pay for last year’s trillion-dollar tax cut for the rich. And yet, they propose another round of budget-busting tax cuts after November’s election.

With perhaps the eldest congressional constituent base in the United States, Congressman Jack Bergman is about to sell us out once again. Since being elected, he’s voted in lock-step with the GOP nearly 100 percent of the time, even when doing so went against the interests of his constituents and our country.

It’s almost certain that if McConnell and Ryan push for more corporate tax cuts paid for by cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Bergman will once again ignore our interests and vote the party dictate. His voting history is irrefutable.

Senior citizens in particular have much at stake in the upcoming congressional contest. A vote for Bergman will probably ensure cuts to our Social Security benefits and Medicare coverage. A victory for his Democratic opponent, Matthew Morgan, will empower Matt to stand up against Republican efforts to cut those rights that we expected upon retirement, earned and paid for.

Me? I’ve worked too hard for too many years to have my retirement benefits stripped away to pay for more tax breaks to the wealthy. I’m voting for Matthew Morgan for Congress!

CHRIS LUKASIEWICZ,

Greenbush