This petition addresses the Social Security cost-cutting measure proposed by President Obama and will be delivered to Rep. Ruben Hinojosa of Texas District 15.

Do not alter any part of Social Security except perhaps means testing. Some people depend on it for their basic necessities. Lowering it will bump them down to the poverty level.

Social Security is not driving the deficit, and therefore it should not be part of reforms aimed at cutting the deficit. Cutting benefits is opposed by an overwhelming majority of Americans. If the American people really wanted a president who would start to dismantle our Social Security system or cut Medicare benefits, it’d be Mitt Romney in office, not Barack Obama. President Obama should honor the trust we put in him when we elected him for a second term and protect Social Security and Medicare, not cut their benefits.

As a senior, I worked 36 years and paid into Social Security and Medicare all those years, I am now almost 73 year old. I really do not need a Social Security or Medicare cut. This is not fair. I and a lot of people are depending on Social Security and Medicare to survive. I am asking all to rethink what will happen to seniors. We are barely surviving now. Mr. President you promised you would not change Social Security

Chain CPI

You made promises during your campaign concerning Social Security and Medicare. Yet now you say you are going to reduce benefits that we have already paid for. Over the past 6 years my "fixed" income has been reduced, and in 2012 it was reduced 4%. With your proposed cuts, should I purchase food or medication.

DO NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICARE,

We the undersigned strongly encourage you to reject any decision to include the chained CPI in your proposed federal budget. Call it whatever you want -- the chained CPI is still a cut to those who need help the most. We can’t let it happen. Cutting Social Security is a bridge too far. It’s an unnecessary attack on a critical program that, by law, is unable to add to the deficit. Speaker Boehner has shown time and time again that he’s not interested in reaching a balanced agreement to reduce the debt. We have nothing to gain from these concessions. We urge you to reject the chained CPI from your proposed budget, and stand strong for Social Security. Sincerely,

Senior citizens in Connecticut are already taxed on both retirement income and Social Security benefits. Any cuts to Social Security represent an additional unacceptable burden to middle class retirees in our state.

Despite his campaign promises, President Obama is now proposing to cut Social Security. He hopes to mollify the rightwingers in Congress. Millions on Social Security have no other income. Tax the rich, not Social Security recipients.

The notion that President Obama wants to cut social security is just preposterous and would have devastating effects on so many Americans! According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Social Security is the primary income for 65 percent of elderly beneficiaries. More than 14 million elderly Americans - including my grandmother - would be impoverished without it. Social Security is not welfare or medicare; it is not "free" money, and it does not add to the national deficit. The majority of Social Security recipients worked their whole lives paying into this system, and they trusted the government with their investment. It's time for them to get the return they were promised - and not a penny less!

While cost of living continues to increase on all Americans especially the elderly who live on a fixed income, how are they expected to live out their golden years? Are we to choose between helping my mother--my children’s grandmother--live comfortably by taking away from my retirement savings or their college fund to help mom? We should be increasing Social Security benefits for both moral and practical reasons. It is simply wrong to allow elderly people to drown in the name of future financial problems.