President Obama will reportedly propose cuts to Social Security benefits by including "chained CPI" in his budget proposal to Congress. Senior citiizens and other recipients of federal benefits affected by "chained CPI" cannot afford these cuts, especially since Social Security has nothing to do with the federal budget deficit.

The President is proposing to use a cut called the “Chained CPI” that will cut benefits for every single Social Security beneficiary—now and in the future. My mother, like most seniors, relies on social security for 90% of her monthly income. Any cut will force her and other seniors and disabled citizens on fixed incomes to choose between needed prescription drugs, utilities or groceries. Our Social Security system has never contributed a penny to the deficit. The debt we have comes from a decade of tax cuts for the wealthy, unlimited spending on foreign wars and a recession caused by unregulated Wall Street speculation. It’s wrong to ask senior citizens, veterans and the disabled to pay for the greed of the top 1%.

We are trying to do many things to conserve and produce energy in the USA. A simple step would be to immediately lower the speed limits to conserve fuel.

This petition addresses the Social Security cost-cutting measure proposed by President Obama and will be delivered to Rep. Ruben Hinojosa of Texas District 15.

The New York Times reported that President Obama will propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits in his budget next week. Social Security is the core of the progressive and Democratic legacy.

One of the reasons our economy and the federal budget is suffering is because we've been fighting wars without paying for them. A one-time tax to be levied until the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and occupations have been paid for should be levied on those who most benefited from those military industrial actions: those whose incomes, assets, and net worth has grown since 9-11-2001. When the trillions of dollars lost to fight those wars are replaced, the war tax will end.

Chained CPI will hurt seniors and weaken the social safety net. Don't let this happen!

Do not alter any part of Social Security except perhaps means testing. Some people depend on it for their basic necessities. Lowering it will bump them down to the poverty level.

Presently if a person under age 18 becomes pregnant they have to obtain a doctor's prescription to get the "morning after pill" also called the "Plan B One-Step." The Obama administration is opposed to allowing unrestricted access to this medication. If a 12 year old rape-victim can't get a doctor's okay, she may have to undergo pregnancy. This is an unwarranted restriction.

All working people pay part of their wages into Social Security, where it is saved and then returned to us as income during retirement. Many of us, including myself, did not appreciate the value of this resource until the day when it turned out to be a vital, precious asset. Now, President Obama is proposing $112 billion in cuts to our Social Security benefits as part of his new budget. Meanwhile, wasteful military projects remain untouched. This is clearly wrong and should not be allowed.

I will be personally affected by this.

This is the one entitlement that is not part of the problem.