There is great mistrust of Congress regarding it's veiled intentions to make Americans think that Social Security is part of the Federal budget when, instead, it is a self-sustaining Trust Fund, not to be tinkered with. Recently, new wording on SS checks and direct deposits now call it "Federal Benefit Payment/Entitlement" which is incorrect and deliberately misleading. SS is an Earned Benefit, legally withheld from our paychecks.

Any changes to either Medicare or Social Security will eventually result in the shameful conditions that precipitated the formation of these invaluable programs in the first place....namely, the elderly having to resort to abject poverty or relying on their offspring for care in their declining years.

When I was a high earner I learned that after I made $119,000. I didn't have to make any more payments to SS and Medicare. Why did I get that benefit when I was earning so much more and could afford my share. Now that we need more SS revenue, this entitlement should be eliminated.

Governor Otter has the opportunity to give the gift of life to more than 112,000 Idahoans by saying "yes" to Idahos Medicaid Expansion.

Fatherless homes are a major issue in African American homes. Especially to those who are single moms raising boys. Having a little brother myself I understand what it means to a boy to have his father around. Only a man can show him how to be a man

I spend my afternoons at the Alameda skate park and by the time I get there I only have an hour to ride. Thats the same for other people too, if we had lights the skate park would be used more, and would be letting people ride safely after dark.

I spend my afternoon at the Alameda skate park and by the time I get there I only have an hour to ride. Thats the same for other people too, if we had lights skate park would be used more, and would be letting people ride after dark.

While NY'ers are living without power, in mold, and without a plan for recovery, Mayor Bloomberg is spending his time plotting to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as the brand new Co-Chair of Fix the Debt, a gang of billionaires bent on destroying our earned benefits. A new report by the Institute for Policy Studies examines CEOs of public companies who have endorsed the “Fix the Debt” campaign. The report, “Pension Deficit Disorder: The Massive CEO Retirement Funds and Underfunded Worker Pensions at Firms Pushing Social Security Cuts,” finds that these CEOs, while calling for ordinary Americans to take cuts in Social Security and Medicare, are sitting on an average of $9 million each in retirement funds. Most are also running large deficits in their own employees’ pension funds.

My brother is one of thousands of soldiers who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after returning home from the front lines in Afghanistan. He, just like many other soldiers has not only had a hard time coming forward to reach out for help but has also received little to no help from the Veteran Affairs or the VA. Our soldiers need OUR help. Soldiers should undergo a mental health evaluation once coming home and again every six months until their military contracts are up. Along with, every soldier diagnosed with PTSD must receive therapy from either the VA or from an outside source at the VA's expense. The war doesn't end when they get home. It's our job to help those who serve for us.

I am a struggling single father that has 50% custody of my son and I am required by the state to pay $240.00 a month in child support, while his mother sits with no job and collects cash-aid, SSI, food-stamps, and child support from two different fathers of her two sons. I do not think parents that have 50/50 custody should have to pay the other parent to be a half time mother or father.

Representative Scott Garrett wants to deny us the money we need to rebuild. Our president and our governor have said we need this money! Help me tell him, "Let's rebuild New Jersey."

Social Security should NOT be a Bargaining Chip in these Fiscal Cliff negotiations. It represents A LOT of Money and Republicans have NOT ONLY been Against SSI From The Beginning, they have Also been trying to Get That Money from Day One! SSI is a Separate Fund and has NOTHING To DO with The Spending OR Debt being stressed over. It Should NOT Be Included in the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations - Period!