Many retired people depend on their Social Security and Medicare for survival with no room for less. They have contributed over a lifetime of work so they could be secure in their retirement. They are ENTITLED to these benefits including cost of living increases. There is way more room for saving in places such as the Defense and Homeland Security and the Drug War.

I am 76 years old and I depend on these programs

If Social Security is cut now or in years to come, I and many other seniors may be unable to afford food, shelter, transportation, health care, medicine and other essential needs. Not everybody has a pension.

Congress and the President are trying to use Social Security to avoid the "cliff". At current rate it is solvent until 2032.

I am differently abled, and get a small Social Security disability check which allows me not to have to live like an animal,or jump off a bridge or doing something stupid to try to sustain myself. I have stable housing, and am not on the street. I feel I have earned as a human being and an American and a Veteran, to live out my twilight years with a modicum of dignity I

Congress always targets the elderly, children and poor when cuts are needed. Time for Congress to look at their package of PERKS!

Cut Social Security?? I paid into Social Security for nearly 40 years, as did my school employers. I am now out of work, and struggling to make ends meet. I chose to work in independent and church schools. Had I worked elsewhere, I would have a healthy pension to rely upon. Please don't cut what I have paid into and what I need to live on. Thank you.

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I am already facing a higher retirement age than did my parents under Social Security. There must be no cuts in benefits for persons of any age. The social safety net must remain strong for the weakest among us.

My Husband in incarcerated at Rush City Correctional Facility, MN. He was convicted of 2nd degree murder after an attempt to save his own life. As a result, our family is falling to apart. Maintaining a strong family, and successful Marriage will not only decrease the recidivism rate, but it will also increase the safety of correctional staff, and prevent children from growing up with only one parent. Private Family Visitation programs have proven in other states to have substantial positive effects in the areas I have listed and other areas as well.

I am 53 years old and when I retire I expect to collect social security benefits. President Obama so you think it is FAIR to cut social security benefits without asking wealthy Americans to pay their fair share in taxes?

Please DO NOT sacrifice the futures of millions of us ordinary citizens, who have paid our fair share, all of our working lives, into Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and other social responsibility programs, in order to save a tiny portion of this country's wealthiest from having to pay THEIR FAIR SHARE. We ARE entitled to receive the benefits we have earned, we, our children, and our grandchildren. We are not receiving these benefits "FOR FREE." We are NOT "sponging" off of the government or any of our citizens! By paying Social Security/ FICA payroll taxes, we have been paying for our retirement and the possibility of becoming disabled by "self-insuring", all these years. We have earned these benefits through hard work, disciplined budgeting, and "doing without, now" in order to save for the future. These proposed cuts MUST be stopped!