You made promises during your campaign concerning Social Security and Medicare. Yet now you say you are going to reduce benefits that we have already paid for. Over the past 6 years my "fixed" income has been reduced, and in 2012 it was reduced 4%. With your proposed cuts, should I purchase food or medication.

Seniors and disabled deserve support and peace of mind. Let's assure them that their benefits are secure by stopping proposed cuts.

DO NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICARE,

We the undersigned strongly encourage you to reject any decision to include the chained CPI in your proposed federal budget. Call it whatever you want -- the chained CPI is still a cut to those who need help the most. We can’t let it happen. Cutting Social Security is a bridge too far. It’s an unnecessary attack on a critical program that, by law, is unable to add to the deficit. Speaker Boehner has shown time and time again that he’s not interested in reaching a balanced agreement to reduce the debt. We have nothing to gain from these concessions. We urge you to reject the chained CPI from your proposed budget, and stand strong for Social Security. Sincerely,

This week, President Obama is set to propose cuts in Social Security benefits. This is unacceptable. Social Security is not in trouble, and contributes comparatively very little if anything to the deficit. Cutting social security, which is already inadequate, would have grave consequences for people (like my mother) for whom Social Security is their sole source of income. The idea of cutting Social Security is especially absurd when we have an out-of-control military budget, a poorly regulated Wall Street and banking system, and big corporations and billionaires who pay little in taxes.

Senior citizens in Connecticut are already taxed on both retirement income and Social Security benefits. Any cuts to Social Security represent an additional unacceptable burden to middle class retirees in our state.

How much reserve average American households have that would have allowed them to compensate for mistakes, big and small, subprime crisis, economic crisis, overcharges, fees, fines, collections and legal judgements over extended period of time without dipping into Red? As a professional lost job in 2005, I have exhausted my resources to shield kids and elderly from the hardship, but still would never be able to keep up with the domino effect caused by errors at system level. It is about time to have a fresh start for all innocent bystanders paying for others mistakes to get sufficient business funding to rebuild middle class. I propse some other forms of credit other than real property before income cliff hits. I have gone through a long and tedious process to find out the road blocks to start a business in US, the hard way.

How much reserve average American households have that would have allowed them to compensate for mistakes, big and small, subprime crisis, economic crisis, overcharges, fees, fines, collections and legal judgements over extended period of time without dipping into Red? As a professional lost job in 2005, I have exhausted my resources to shield kids and elderly from the hardship, but still would never be able to keep up with the domino effect caused by errors at system level. It is about time to have a fresh start for all innocent bystanders paying for others mistakes to get sufficient business funding to rebuild middle class. I propse some other forms of credit other than real property before income cliff hits. I have gone through a long and tedious process to find out the road blocks to start a business in US, the hard way.

Despite his campaign promises, President Obama is now proposing to cut Social Security. He hopes to mollify the rightwingers in Congress. Millions on Social Security have no other income. Tax the rich, not Social Security recipients.

The notion that President Obama wants to cut social security is just preposterous and would have devastating effects on so many Americans! According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Social Security is the primary income for 65 percent of elderly beneficiaries. More than 14 million elderly Americans - including my grandmother - would be impoverished without it. Social Security is not welfare or medicare; it is not "free" money, and it does not add to the national deficit. The majority of Social Security recipients worked their whole lives paying into this system, and they trusted the government with their investment. It's time for them to get the return they were promised - and not a penny less!

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While cost of living continues to increase on all Americans especially the elderly who live on a fixed income, how are they expected to live out their golden years? Are we to choose between helping my mother--my children’s grandmother--live comfortably by taking away from my retirement savings or their college fund to help mom? We should be increasing Social Security benefits for both moral and practical reasons. It is simply wrong to allow elderly people to drown in the name of future financial problems.