Republicans campaigned on cutting the size of government and cutting entitlements to pay off the debt, and having won control of the House and Senate by filibuster, demand President Obama provide leadership with a specific plan to implement the Republican campaign promise.
President Obama should give the Republicans what they demand:
A bill to be introduced in the Senate and brought to floor by Majority Leader Reid and five Democratic Senators, and the Senate presided over by Senate President Biden to lead the debate and vote:
Beginning April 2017, Social Security payments will be reduced by 5%, with no change to benefit calculations, with the 5% directed to debt reduction. The reduction would increase 5% every other April.
President Obama would demand an up or down vote.