POTUS Twitter just posted this tweet: "I’m committed to solving our fiscal challenges.........

[sabrina 1]

8. Yes, zero would be better and it fits. I agree with you, NO ONE in elected office has the right

to meddle with SS, that account belongs to the American people. It is not part of the Federal Budget, it is a separate account.

I hope the push back will be so intense they don't dare touch it. But I'm not holding my breath. As soon as Axelrod took SS 'off the table' during the election, it was clear a deal had been made for the lame duck congress.

Same thing happened with the Bush Tax Cuts in the last election, 2010. We were told that issue was 'off the table' during the election also as was DADT. Right then we knew they were going to use DADT, a policy that should have been dealt with in Jan. 2009 as most people supported getting rid of it, but was held to bargain for the Bush Tax Cuts in the Lame Duck Congress.

The only hope is that several big Unions and dozens of other Progressive organizations along with SS advocacy groups, formed a coalition before the election, stating that while they would support Dems in this election, they did not trust them not to try to meddle with issues like SS. Hopefully they have enough power to overcome any attempts to do so.