• Means Testing for Social Security Benefits
    Originally the intent of Social Security was intended as a safety net for individuals and families without generous pensions and paid health benefits. Instead of cutting these benefits for all, we should eliminate or drastically cut them for those wealthier individuals for whom this "safety net" was never intended.
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    Created by Thomas Basciani
  • Preservation of Social Security Benefits
    As retired public school teachers, my husband and I know personally how much seniors rely on the benefits of Social Security especially after seeing our 403B savings dwindle in recent years. We are already making hard choices everyday such as whether to buy medications or gasoline for visiting our grandchildren in order to balance our budget. We are not the ones who should be asked to sacrifice further due to our government's inability to balance theirs.
    271 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Sue Liles
  • Social security cuts
    We are retired and paying property taxes in Monmouth CountyNJ We cab barely afford to stay in this home. Please do not cut SS benefits!
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    Created by Lori Levy
  • Save Social Security Benefits
    President Barack Obama has offered to cut Social Security benefits to some of the most needy citizens, while retaining the Bush tax cuts to the rich as a means of avoiding the "fiscal cliff." The Republicans now state "we're getting closer to avoiding the cliff with this offer," but they continue to seek further cuts in the "entitlement" programs. We need to speak out in opposition to this compromise, so make your voices heard by signing this petition and asking friends and family members to do the same!
    1,078 of 2,000 Signatures
    Created by Joyce Ballard
  • Social Security Cuts
    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%. The cuts in Social Security would amount to "a cut of more than 5 percent and more as the years go by".
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    Created by Stephen
  • Compromise for Social Security/Medicare Cuts
    If cuts are made across the board to Social Security & Medicare, I (like MILLIONS of Americans) will be negatively effected as I am dependent upon this for my livelihood. However, there ARE others who are blessed enough to have a retirement plan that places them in a financial situation where they truly do NOT require these programs. I propose that cuts be made to individuals whose household income places them above an agreed-upon marker (ie, the 2%), as these individuals can afford to buy their own insurance as well as support their other financial needs.
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    Created by Linda Benner
  • Don't Cut Social Security
    These cuts affect the people who need it the most. For many, Social Security is all they have.
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    Created by Robert Walter
  • Cut the salaries and pensions of the United States Senators and Congressmen
    The Republicans want to cut the benefits that so many people in this country need - in most part due to their ineptness in the 8 years that President Bush was in office. The unfunded wars and tax cuts put this country into debt. They deregulated Wall Street. It is time for the Senators and Congressmen to accept their fair share in the cuts.
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    Created by Carrol Nagers
  • DO NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY.
    Do not Cur Social Security
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    Created by Carol Dixon
  • 5% reduction to Social Security
    Not to decrease benefits of Social Security
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    Created by Linda Sauter
  • Don't touch Social Security
    Do not touch social security. We spent our entire work life paying for social security and thats all we live on. Wayne Baird Lehigh Acres, Fl. 33972
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    Created by Wayne Baird
  • No cuts in Social Security
    My husband and I are already using up our savings in order to meet our obligations. Cuts in Social Security must not occur. We do not want to be dependant on our chidren or the government.
    2 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Irene H. Tibert