Mr. President--- True DEMs are pissed.

[AndyA]

65. That's exactly the bottom line.

Cutting SS benefits is putting masking tape on a water leak. It's temporary and doesn't address why there's a leak.

President Obama isn't even putting the masking tape where the leak is, he's sticking it on the other side of the boat. SS isn't contributing to the deficit, and shouldn't be part of the deficit solution.

Raise the SS cap, for starters. That would go a long way toward extending SS. Increase benefits for those on SS right now, which will help the economy because every penny of that increase will be spent.

Expecting those most in need to suffer more while those at the top don't suffer at all isn't shared sacrifice, it's abuse of the needy. President Obama should be ashamed of himself for even allowing SS to be part of the dialog, much less extending it as if it's the problem.

Perhaps he needs to be reminded that the major causes of our deficit are the Bush tax cuts, the two wars, and a pharma bill that flooded the drug companies bank accounts.