Regarding potential cuts to Social Security - there are many in this country, including myself, who have worked and scraped to get by, contributed our fair share to Social Security and Medicare and have only Social Security to live on upon retirement. Yes, this affects me in a very personal way. ANY cuts would be a critical issue for those in this situation.

The President I have voted for and support is now considering cuts to Social Security as a concession to the Republicans. I am a single, divorced survior of domestic violence who raised a child with-out the benefits of child support while working as a public servant. I deserve to have the social security benfits that I have worked for all my life. Aging adults such as myself should not be forced to take a cut in Social Security when we are not the ones that created the huge deficit. We should not be used a political pawns.

Leave Social Security alone.

This affects myself and my family directly, please make this a priority! Don Boberg, Willowbrook, Il. 60527

Congress cannot make a decision in one month about something as significant as SS. This kind of decision requires at least one year when you look at how many years it took to build it.

Yesterday 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%. According to the Washington Post (December 17, 2012) these 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. The good news is that many senators have promised to oppose Social Security cuts in any deficit reduction package. If Senator Landrieu and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hear from enough of their constituents, we can still get the Senate to reject this proposal and protect Social Security.

I put my money into social security,stop stealing from it and it would not be in troible. The problem is that you gave to much away to people who never put into it.Uf the congress paid into it ,things would be different, Thank you,Have a merry Christmas.

SOCIAL security

I am 63 and am very worried about Social Security. As a cancer victim without a means of amoly providing for me and my wife, how can I possibly survive if SS gets cut into? This feels to me like a death sentence!

Yes, I am about to turn 62 yrs. of age. I have no other personal income except what I'll receive from social security. I do not want it to be reduced as it is not very much already.

I WAKE UP DEPRESED EVERY DAY WORRYING ABOUT HOW I WILL SURVIVE WHEN MY SAVINGS RUNS OUT. I DON'T BELEIVE FOR ONE SECOND THAT ANYONE REALLY CARES. OH DID I MENTION MY RENT IS $804.00 A MONTH/

American elders & disabled on Social Security struggle enough financially. Some must decide to spend on medical care or food. We cannot take more from the elderly & disabled when the 1% hasn't been paying their fair share for decades.