SOMEONE HELP US CONCERNED NEW JERSEY OLDER ADULTS WHO WORKED AND PAID TAXES ALL OUR LIVE HAVE A SAFE GOLDEN YEARS AFTER WORKING OUR LIVES AWAY !

President Obama compaigned on promises to not touch Social Security. Now he is going back on his word. We have paid into this system all our working lives and have earned this benefit. It is not an entitlement! And not the way to address the deficit.

Don't Cut My Social Security, I'ts Not an Entitlement.... I Earned It.

This is about President Obama's proposal to change the way cost of living increases are calculated for retirees and veterans on Social Security. As a concern citizen, the proposed "chained CPI" would be a significant cut to senior citizens and disable veterans who are on a fix income. This terrible idea should be rejected.

The federal government is considering changing the COLA for Social Security recipients. My parents and millions of others continued in their middle class lives after retirement because of the way COLAs were tied to the Consumer Price Index in the 1970's, so that they would not lose their buying power due to inflation. In the 1980's our payroll taxes were doubled to pay for future benefits. Because of the last 5 years, retirees/potential retirees are much worse off than previous retirees and now is NOT the time to cut back earned Social Security benefits for seniors.

It is time to end mass incarceration in The United States. Our federal prison system is 39% over capacity, filled with non-violent offenders who make up more than half that population, many of whom are serving longer sentences than if they had committed a violent crime. And there is no parole on the federal level. The United States spends more money on prisons than on education, and we incarcerate more of our population than any other developed nation. Individual states have begun to realize, and prove, that by decreasing their prison populations and allocating funds for crime prevention, that crime is reduced. Fewer people in prison can actually equal less crime. Tell Congress to be smarter on crime, and end mass incarceration now. Update - There is now a Justice Safety Valve Bill in the House, making it bi-partisan, and the House Judiciary committee has created a bi-partisan task force on overcriminalization on the federal level. We have to let our Senators and Representatives know that they are moving in the right direction, and that more needs to be done, and sooner rather than later.

As a senior citizen who has paid into the system for years, I have factored this entitlement into my daily allowance. Please stop targeting the seniors... Tax the working class, please. Some day, they too will be seniors.

I am about to get social security and need it desperately. Please save social security as it is! You don't want to see the elderly being homeless or hungry! Please refuse any cuts immediately! Thank you!

Every dime that goes to a Senior Citizen circulates throughout the economy. Tax cuts to wealthy Americans who don't work for a living do absolutely nothing get us out of the hole we're in.

We reduced OUR OWN employee contribution and called it a tax reduction, and now continue the lies that there is not enough money in the fund, then don't underfund it in the name of tax break for middle class. Also removing the limit from$80k and continuing the payment on upper incomes, would secure it for ever.

Switching Social Security computations from regular CPI to Chained CPI will harm US seniors without having a significant effect in reducing the USA's budget deficits.

Oppose President Obama's suggestion to effectively cut Social Security!!!