it is hard enough for middle and lower class people to live now. cost of living is hard to live anymore . many are loosing their homes already or have someone live with them to be able to keep their home . that is sad, work all your life and can not afford to live alone if you choose. now there is not much choice for many.I am on soc. sec. disability. I am making under $ 1200.00 MONTHLY. and I worked for nearly 28 years in a factory.I feel bad for the one's who make even less than I do. Father God is protecting me. I have no health insurance through medicare yet. I do not know why we have to wait 25 months before we qualify for soc.sec. medical benefits.I am blessed with a Christian Doctor who Loves people and don't charge me for his services a lot of times.medication is another issue of its own.many of us take medications. my sister went without her medicine for fibromyalgia .she could not afford it.I gave her the money for her doctor so she could pay the bill so she bought her prescription . she takes many other scrips also. and she is on soc.sec. waiting for her time to be up so she will at least have insurance. we do not understand why we have to wait 25 months to get medicare in the first place. so if they lower our soc.sec. regular money and other people,that would not be a good idea at all.WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE SOC.SEC. MEDICAL WE WILL LOOSE THE AMOUNT FOR THE MEDICAL OUT OF OUR CHECKS . SO WE WILL LOOSE $100. OR MORE OF REGULAR PAY. MAKING IT HARDER TO LIVE. Our Father God loves us all. we need more people to trust Jesus and follow Father God. when we truly have FAITH and follow Jesus he will be waiting. he wants our country to be a Great Nation. he wants us to pray For our President Obama even if we don't care for him as a President we must pray that he will makes the correct decisions. if we all pray as a nation, miracles will begin to happen in our Government. pray that those opposed will have a change of heart and realize we need soc. sec. to prosper always.. we the people of the united states need to petition and pray a lot more than what we have in the past many years. remember our mighty country used to believe IN GOD WE TRUST ! WHAT HAPPENED TO U.S.A. TO MANY BELIEVE HOWEVER, DON'T FOLLOW WHAT JESUS SAYS. SAD ! PLEASE TRY TO FOLLOW JESUS, HE IS THE WAY,TRUTH AND LIFE. YOU CAN NOT FOLLOW PART WAY AND EXPECT ANSWERS ! I TRIED THAT. GOD IS LOVE. PRAY WE WILL ALL BE TAKEN CARE OF.,LISTEN TO WHAT C H R I S T WANTS OF YOU. YOU WILL GO FAR ! FATHER GOD'S BLESSINGS TO US ALL ! OXOXOX IN GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE THANK YOU ALL .JESUS SAVES US FROM EVIL

Reducing Social Security benefits will reduce the money for our groceries, medications, health needs, and costs of daily living. We have limited income. It is difficult to stretch our budget without the income we have saved and count to have available for expenses. Our benefits are a large part of our monthly income.

President Obama made an offer to Republican John Boehner to cut Social Security benefits and leave in place some of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2%. The cuts in Social Security would amount to "a cut of more than 5 percent and more as the years go by." For many retirees this would mean critical cuts to benefits that cover medicine, food, and other daily necessities.

First I'd like to make sure that people are aware of the fact that Social Security does not add to the Nation Debit. It is a 'stand alone' program. It takes money into the system via payroll deduction and then pays out from that fund. The Republician Party for years have been trying to get rid of Social Security. Lately they've been trying to tie it to the Nation Debit.

We pay out of our pay checks every week for Social Security, I worked 2 jobs for 22 years and will have to work till I am in my 70's. I need the Social Security I have paid for! Please Senator Blumenthal don't let the Social Security we have all paid for our whole lives be reduced as part of a financial showdown, Social Security didn't add to the deficit it shouldn't be part of the solution!

Our Seniors Paid into it all their lives for retirement!! Taking from the old and poor is cowardice and should be criminal!! It's disgusting!!

Decreasing the Social Security Benefits, along with Medicare. Look goverment, no one is hiring people in their 50s and up. There are NO JOBS for us to even suppliment the social security. We are barely living now. So I guess GOVERMENT WANT MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, UNDER BRIDGES, AND LIVING IN THEIR PIECE OF CARS, if they should be so forturante to have one. I could say much more. Thank you,

Leave Social Security alone!

Do not cut the benefits,because people need it to live ans this affects me and maybe other people as well,but I can not speak for them.

This is inasnity for every 2$'s I make on my pension over 15k the Government will take back 1$, this will help keep me in poverty for the rest of my life!!!

"Fiscal cliff" negotiations.

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