Take Social Security off of the negotiation table since it does not directly contribute to the national deficit.

Social Security never added a penny to Deficit, so cutting it will have no effect on Deficit. However what does belong in Defict talks is increasing MIN.WAGE, raise it to $9.00 in Jan. 2013 and to $10.00 in Jan. 2014. This will raise revenues,reduce Deficit, and not cost Tax payers ...we already gave the "JOB CREATORS" 10 years of Tax cuts and they haven't used them to create JOBS, this will.