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Social Security Under Attack: Cuts Proposed, Higher Retirement Age Suggested:

The attacks on Social Security have steadily intensified in the past few months. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer recently called for a higher retirement age, and House Minority Leader John Boehner suggested raising the retirement age to seventy. Ref. Source 4

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Social Security in the red this year:

Social Security will pay out more this year than it gets in payroll taxes, marking the first time since the program will be in the red since it was overhauled in 1983, according to the annual authoritative report released Thursday by the program's actuary. Ref. Source 5

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It has been my belief that if the people of this great nation demands that congress be made to be in social security like the rest of us then it will be full funded and in the black for years and years to come. With congress having their own retirement program that is totally separate then social security they tap into the funds that were meant for us taxpayers like it was candy for their taking.

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"The Republican Pledge to Privatize Social Security"
By John Nichols

The only way Republicans will avoid creating the largest deficits in American history is by ending the nation's commitment to its seniors and to its most vulnerable citizens-by gutting Social Security and functional Medicare and Medicaid programs. Ref. Source 9

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Government: No call for Social Security increase in 2011

The cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are automatically set each year by an inflation measure that was adopted by Congress back in the 1970s. Based on inflation so far this year, the trustees who oversee Social Security project there will be no COLA for 2011. Ref. Source 1

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Billionaire Launches Campaign to Slash Social Security
By Jane Slaughter

It's hard to get your head around how rich Peterson is, and how many rich people there are in this country. But here's how to put their money in perspective, in relation to Social Security. Ref. Source 6

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Americans adamantly opposed to cuts in Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, K-12 education

In the poll, eight in 10 respondents say they are concerned about the growing federal deficit and the national debt, but more than 60 percent - including key swing-voter groups - are concerned that major cuts from Congress could impact their lives and their families Ref. Source 6

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President Obama "cannot guarantee" that Social Security, veterans and disability checks will be issued if Congress cannot agree on a deal that would raise the government's debt ceiling by August 2nd, he tells CBS News.

"I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Obama said in an excerpt of the interview released by CBS.