Seniors 'Near Poverty' at Risk in Deficit Cuts

Rarely does the news reportage include us, even now. Mine was a surprise pancreatic cancer resulting in a custom interior that doesn't function without handsful of pills. I'm following this situation. My rent would go down if my income does, because with hospital surgery bills, it has gone down, but that was before this reduction came real. Gas, food, and supplies escalating will make up the difference, and if reimbursements to owners of properties such as mine also go down, pretty much a terror will set in. Have been participating in various online discussions, and have seen healthy people my age mad that government hasn't helped them too, as if cancer, war, disease or auto injuries were meted out by mercy.

Susan of GA 6:51PM March 13, 2011

The situation is indeed very bleak. Now with rising gas prices currently @ $3.40 per gal., with rising food prices and everything else, I suspect our rent to be spiked up again this year; currently $850. for a one bedroom heated included but does not heat the bedroom nor even the apt adequately,no windows for venting or fresh air; no repairs have been done in five years;But more importantly, our Congress needs to stop and pull the plug on IMMIGRATION folks and stop allowing these people from the middle east coming in here and taking everything and demanding more in the form of taking our liberties, and constitutional rights,/issues;while having more babies and not working. If they do not like our country then why come here and why do we continue to let them in here. Now we here that we have nearly a billion dollar program to repair their mosques/worship temples being paid and written on the Department of State checks! What insanity! The people who developed such a program ought to be fired and loose their benefits. Speaking of benefits, how many congressmen and women are getting a cut in their salaries and benefits. It is time for them to take a big slice as well as the rest of us. Stop living like Kings and Queens and other royalty! Ridiculous!Furthermore, we need to immediately stop paying and supporting dictatorship with billions of dollars every year! These suggestions listed herein would provide considerable weight to our current sinking economic crisis! To be sure, we really do not need to be cutting Social Security or even Medicaid if we would start eliminating immigration and funding of dictatorships all around the world. Most of them are our foes and the weapons we sell them are being used against our boys on the front lines of war. Non sense stop this bloody stupidity. Give back to those of us who have fought for this country, those who are disabled and those who are really impoverished. Finally, people talk much about the so-called "American Dream", We have not experienced yet and the way things are going it is not likely that it will ever happen in our life times either! Take heed to cutting programs that really ought to be cut and eliminated. Not cheating the veterans and seniors citizens. That is criminal. But then, looking around, there seems to be more then enough of criminal types throughout the Government! tj of Maine

JThomas Phillips of ME 11:07PM February 27, 2011

we need to give soc sec to the people who worked and put money in to it. instead we are giving it to people that are not even legal. not paying senaters wages when their not there. they should only get paid when there working. because they are not for the people. they are just there to further there career. and then there are the ones that never leave. they should have only so many terms they can run. most of them are a joke to this great nation. and then there are the gov. that think they can take something away from the workers that they fought so hard for. the union. it was a great thing. it helped a lot of people. my husband was a union member for 35 years, i don't know what we would have done without them. the local 398 they take care of there own. we might have more money if the rich would start paying their share of the the taxes. look at all the sports players making millions of dollars a year and only pay what a person making 250 thousand is paying. not fair. but when has it ever been fair for the poor working slob.

pat of AZ 3:59PM February 27, 2011

We the people need to insist that our so call elected officals return to the basics that were set up by our fore fathers. These people were paid (1) one Dollar a year. They were all or most all of them Millionaires or very well off. These crooks in office today do not care about the citizenary that voted them into public office. We the people need to write and email these so call public officals and voice our disgust with the way they are doing or not doing the job they were elected to do.

Those who do not vote, need to be taken behind the barn and shown the error of their ways, and the changes they will need make by registering to vote and vote vote vote!!! If not they need not complain!

Come on people there are thing that need to be done before it is too late, if it is not to late already.

R L Jarvis Sr of TN 12:30AM February 27, 2011