Please support a reduction in Social Security benefits, mine, too, as part of a deal to keep all marginal income tax rates from rising. Instead cut deductions and credits in order to maintain Federal revenues. Especially useful for the environment would be elimination of the tax deduction of mortgage interest for everyone. That will not prevent people from buying homes. They'll just build and buy smaller ones.
Why is this important?
The fiscal cliff is real. We must stop class warfare. I am willing to have reduced SS benefits, even though they are already small. Simplification of the tax system is a must. We must stop class warfare. And enormous resources are wasted on record-keeping, filling in forms, and calculating taxes -- that is, on lawyers, accountants, and other tax preparers and computer programs.
