There are probably many wealthy Americans who don't need their Social Security benefits to supplement their income. Maybe we should ask them to forfeit at least some if not all of their benefits to help the economy. For those who need them or is their only source of income, nothing should be taken away. If anything some of the money saved by those forfeiting should go to increase the benefits for those below the poverty level to a level that will help them improve their situations. I have a neighbor who only receives about $800 a month in SS benefits only because she was a housewife and mother most of her life and didn't have much of an employment history. She suffers monthly trying to figure out how she's going to survive and is not even eligible for food stamps because a portion of her income comes from the state supplement to her SS. Let's level the playing field and help those who really need it.

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we put into ss for our later years & you just give it to anyone ,even thro they haven't work a day in there life. This is NOT WELFARE & they shouldn't get any of it. There are so many getting it that there's no one left to put into it. GET AMERICA WORKING NOT SITTING ON THE SYSTEM. It's easy donig nothing & get a check every month.

Social Security is backed by civil promises and our civil rights. This is our money which, because of our trust in our government, we allow that governent to manage. We count on President Obama to protect our money and not let Congress to rob us and makethe rich ever more powerful.

I have family members who are dependent on their social security checks. I am nearing the time when I too will be dependent on it. With rising costs for food, clothing, shelter and gasoline we can't afford to have this right cut.

It is pathetic that ANY cuts to Social Security have been proposed. The dollars earned in Social Security have been EARNED--you can call it an entitlement, but I won't. NO CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY!

There are massive numbers of seniors who live on Social Security; they depend on this for their lives, food, care and everything else. It's not their or our faults this mess the government has gotten itself into. You deregulated the banks; you took from Social Security for your own projects. It's not honorable to make Seniors pay for this, and very few can work now. It's INHUMANE to do this to your country's elderly that worked honorably and trusted you with their money.

The fiscal cliff which resulted in saving Wall Street bankers should not now penalize Main Street and retirees under the guise of compromise. Extending retirement age whilst ensuring the banks can continue business as usual is an insult to humanity. Do not allow the money we've all contributed all our lives to be affected by a "compromise" to a mess the Government itself created.

Instead of cutting Social Security, how about they take the pay of the Congressmen. The people who receive Social Security worked their whole lives and they are fed up with all the talk about taking their only source of income.

I have started a petition on We the People via Whitehouse.org to increase already existing taxes on firearms and ammo to specifically raise funds for state safety, education, and mental health programs. We need 150 signatures for it to be published on Whitehouse.org's We the People site and then 25,000 in 30 days for the administration to review it. Link is here: http://wh.gov/nTrv

Cuts to social security and Medicare will impact millions of retirees and disabled citizens like myself at a time when we have already given so much in the midst of this failing economy. We cannot afford more cuts to the programs we rely upon for our future retirement and health care. We paid in and we should be entitled to what was promised. Stop waste and abuse within these two programs and there will be no need to make cuts that will hurt everyone who depends upon the programs

The future of the majority of Americans who have paid into and expected to receive back Social Security in the time of their life when they need it the most should not be compromised in order to give a tax break to the wealthiest Americans among us.