In his budget proposal, President Obama has proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare. As a nation who believes in our social safety nets and the security they offer, we must oppose these proposals with a vengeance. President Obama is going against his promise to protect these programs and we urge Senator McCaskill to stand with us in opposition.

President Obama's budget to compromise by using "Chained CPI" for calculating cost of living increases in SS.

The purpose of this petition is to urge Senator Heitkamp to oppose the Social Security Cuts proposed by President Obama.

President Obama is looking to cut benefits and other programs under Social Security now or for the future. It is not affecting me now, but may for the future, but will differently affected my children's benefits or cost more out of their paycheck

cutting cost of living increases for those of us who depend on Soc Sec.

Our Social Security system has never contributed a penny to the deficit. Yet the President is planning to include cuts to Social Security in the budget he releases this year. 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 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. The average earner would lose $4,631 in Social Security benefits by age 75, $13,910 by age 85; and $28,004 by age 95. These cuts are an even bigger threat to the disabled and veterans, who would face the COLA cut for 30, 40 years or more. For example, a severely disabled, unmarried veteran who claims Veterans Disability Compensation benefits today at age 30 would experience a cumulative cut of $60,121 by age 65 and $144,189 by age 85!* The average Social Security benefit is only $13,833. Over 12 million beneficiaries live on 125% of the poverty level ($13,485) or less. We have earned our retirement and disability benefits by contributing a portion of every paycheck to Social Security. And veterans have earned their benefits by putting their lives on the line for our country. ---- * According to “Inflation Indexation in Major Federal Benefit Programs: Impact of the Chained CPI,” Alison Shelton, AARP Public Policy Institute, March 2013. http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/econ_sec/2013/impact-of-chained-cpi-federal-programs-fs-AARP-ppi-econ-sec.pdf

President Obama will reportedly propose a budget in which Social Security and Medicare benefits and income taxes brackets are calculated using a "chained CPI" method. That amounts to future benefit cuts and income tax increases for those who can least afford them, and is a betrayal of the people of the United States. Accordingly, we, the undersigned, will not ever again support *any* politician or candidate -- Democrat or otherwise, federal, state or local -- who does not publicly join us here or elsewhere in opposing this measure, or who votes for such a budget. [Drafted by a Maryland resident. Please feel free to copy this petition and target your state instead of Maryland, as well as President Obama and the entire U.S. House and Senate.]

Press reports say that in his budget, President Obama plans to propose cutting Social Security and veterans' benefits by imposing the "Chained CPI" cut. The only way to stop this is by escalating pressure on Congress. Let's pledge that every Democratic Representative and Senator who supports cutting Social Security and veterans' benefits is going to face a primary challenge.

We have worked our whole life and paid into social security please do not cut or reduce our payment. Thank you for your concern on this issue. Ordielia Bakken

There is a significant number of vehicles speeding on our streets that are are used by children, bikers, walkers and other vehicles. Individuals who disregard posting speeding limits are posing a safety hazard for all who use the streets as well as possible vehicle damages. Safety of residents and guests in "SJGC" should be the goal for our entire community.

Medicare Advantage, the Bush-era privatized portion of Medicare, originally cost 14% more than original Medicare, yet it produced no better outcomes. The original intent of Obamacare was to get the sticky hands of private insurance off of Medicare once more, and the Medicare advantage program funding was originally supposed to be cut by 2.2% Following a media blitz and a lot of corporate money, Medicare Advantage is now scheduled for a 3.3% increase in funding this year instead of a cut. Adding insult to injury, the insurance industry is asking for increases in deductibles on original Medicare and a tax on Medigap plans, forcing more people into Medicare advantage. We may lose Medicare by bits and pieces if we don't stop the insurance industry now!

Social Security is not driving the deficit, therefore it should not be part of reforms aimed at cutting the deficit. The chained CPI, deceptively portrayed as a reasonable cost of living adjustment, is a cut to Social Security benefits that would hurt seniors. There are several sensible reforms to Social Security that should be considered to help make it sustainable, including lifting the ceiling on income subject to Social Security from $113,700 to $200,000 or more, as well as instituting a 1% raise in the payroll tax rate, a rate that hasn't changed in over 20 years. Both of these reforms would go a long way toward protecting the long-term health of Social Security, but neither should not be conflated with efforts to reduce the federal budget deficit. President Obama needs to stand by his Democratic principles and fight to protect Social Security benefits.