President Obama will reportedly propose cuts to Social Security benefits by including "chained CPI" in his budget proposal to Congress. Senior citiizens and other recipients of federal benefits affected by "chained CPI" cannot afford these cuts, especially since Social Security has nothing to do with the federal budget deficit.

The President is proposing to use a cut called the “Chained CPI” that will cut benefits for every single Social Security beneficiary—now and in the future. My mother, like most seniors, relies on social security for 90% of her monthly income. Any cut will force her and other seniors and disabled citizens on fixed incomes to choose between needed prescription drugs, utilities or groceries. Our Social Security system has never contributed a penny to the deficit. The debt we have comes from a decade of tax cuts for the wealthy, unlimited spending on foreign wars and a recession caused by unregulated Wall Street speculation. It’s wrong to ask senior citizens, veterans and the disabled to pay for the greed of the top 1%.

The New York Times reported that President Obama will propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits in his budget next week. Social Security is the core of the progressive and Democratic legacy.

One of the reasons our economy and the federal budget is suffering is because we've been fighting wars without paying for them. A one-time tax to be levied until the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and occupations have been paid for should be levied on those who most benefited from those military industrial actions: those whose incomes, assets, and net worth has grown since 9-11-2001. When the trillions of dollars lost to fight those wars are replaced, the war tax will end.

Chained CPI will hurt seniors and weaken the social safety net. Don't let this happen!

All working people pay part of their wages into Social Security, where it is saved and then returned to us as income during retirement. Many of us, including myself, did not appreciate the value of this resource until the day when it turned out to be a vital, precious asset. Now, President Obama is proposing $112 billion in cuts to our Social Security benefits as part of his new budget. Meanwhile, wasteful military projects remain untouched. This is clearly wrong and should not be allowed.

I will be personally affected by this.

This is the one entitlement that is not part of the problem.

im 60 im unemployed with no money and have hard time getting job at my age and now you want to take ss away why dont they take it out of their pocket they get to keep all theirs and then some they our taking care until death

The Federal budget is probably the strongest statement of US priorities that we have. In a democracy, It should reflect the wishes of the people, but, according to polls, it doesn't. When most people do not agree with the opinions of the affluent, studies show that the wealthy prevail. They have been successful in the last few decades in removing tax burden from themselves and shifting it to the poor. That's why they want a flat tax, even lower corporate taxes even though our largest corporations pay NO tax, and they are keen to cut Social Security, Medicare, headstart, and other social programs. (more at http://www.seconnecticut.com/budget.htm)

Families all across Pa count on their Social Security to make ends meet, from the young and disabled to the elderly whom are barely getting by. Any cuts to social security have the potential to financially devastate a individual or family in less than a month. Pa says NO Cuts.

We must stop the change in Social Security COLA cuts. Seniors have paid their whole life into Social Security it is not an entitlement. Congress' pension is an entitlement we should cut.