These are not entitlements/gifts. We have paid for these each working year of our lives. Many of us don't have pensions that come with health care, or even pensions. Our employees dumped pensions long ago. How else will we survive without these paid for benefits? It will be a feat to even retain employment until 65/66/67 with age discrimination. Many of us could work until 70 or later, but what are the odds we would have our employment continued, or could find a job after 50? Please take up our cause.

Social security &Medicare has been paid into for years by seniors and as they use it they still pay a monthly amount. It should be preserved,as people on this can not afford private insurance, and without SS what are the seniors to do, go look for a job again, no one will hire them, I have tried at 59

Tax the Rich--it does not hurt them or the middle class

Entitlements is something we paid in and we're Entitlemed to get it back and not a dirty word.

Let's repeal the rules passed by the Republican Congress that kills our USPS so they can compete fair and square on the market, save the USPS and the jobs affiliated with and stop the Republicans from turning this country back to the pre Roosevelt era.

The entire country has been 'personally' affected by the obstructionism in the House by Repubicans. It is time for it to stop.

President Obama and Congress should stand strong against the Republican created "Fiscal Cliff". Tell them to "Just Say No" to the out of touch Republicans in Congress that are holding America hostage to preserve tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% on the backs of seniors, the disabled and the poor.

The people in Congress were elected to and are paid by the people of the United States . Their job is to work together for the good of the country

Mitch McConnell vowed in 2008 to make Barack Obama a one term president. Since then he has fought against the President in every effort to find compromise for our most pressing issues. He is getting paid, AND getting free health care while doing nothing to advance the needs of the American people. We don't need him in Congress.

Here's an idea. Take the median net worth loss percentage for those in the lower 90%. Now hold that number in your head. We're the United States of America. We help our neighbors when they're in trouble, right? I thought you'd agree. We all believe in shared sacrifice, right? Yeah, I thought you'd agree there too. The economy belongs to all of us, right? We're reading the same book, now. We know that banks got bailed out by the common taxpayer, as did Wall Street, the auto industry, and others. We also know that Main Street needs a hand. And that's not just individuals and households. That includes small businesses. Now we're on the same page. We have a simple, equitable, All-American wealth distribution proposal that offers more immediate relief for the common citizen, revitalizes the economy, and puts the country's best interests first.

FDR's Second Bill of Rights

Stop the Republicans complaining about a welfare state. Just raise the minimum wage to inflation, and take people who work hard out of needing aid.