Social Security is not a bargaining tool to use in negotiations with the minority party, Mr. President. It is a public account that Americans have paid into over their entire working lives, and neither you nor Mr. Boehner has the right to take that money for any reason.
The U.S. spends more on defense most other nations *combined*. Cut excessive spending on outdated programs and unwanted hardware like the F-22 jet program, and not from our social contract.
You were re-elected on the promise of protecting Social Security and Medicare for the American people, and we expect you to keep that promise. The wealthy can afford reasonable tax rates; we cannot afford to lose the retirement funds that we have invested in Social Security.
Respectfully,
"Progressive Centralists" - American Citizens