We waste enormous amounts of money each year on defense spending that does nothing for our security. Let's put defense cuts on the table.

Democrats need to get the truth out about SS. It is doing just fine, thank you, and once the economy rebounds it will be solvent for the next two generations with no changes. If we do need more money for SS, we can accomplish that in one simply step by raising the cap on wages that pay the SS tax. SS is a regressive tax that should be made more progressive.

Social Security has neve been, is not now and never will be part of the deficit so why is it even on the table?

Social Security is also NOT in the red
Let the liars on the right and the liars on Obama's deficit commission know we're on to them.

Tell them to keep their greedy hands off Social Security.

Here are facts if you need them:

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/08/06/HP/A/36710/James%20Roosevelt%20Remarks%20on%20the%20Social%20Security.aspx

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/what-social-security-repo_b_672225.html

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/19/social_security_under_attack_cuts_proposed

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/7/19/part_ii_social_security_under_attack_cuts_proposed_higher_retirement_age_suggested

The idea is simple, build on new health care bill to reach broad compromise on future health care costs with business, govt, medical community, to save way more than SS can, and SS can be left alone.

Pay back the $$$$s which have already been borrowed from dedicated Social Security funds!

The pressure to raise Social Security benefits decreases if the healthcare cost component on individuals is mitigated with a medicare-for-all style healthcare system. We must minimize profit in providing basic, preventitive and non-elective healthcare. This in effect implements cost restraints that reduce medical and insurance premium expenses that are currently out of control in the Social Security beneficiary's monthly budget.

allow citizens to vote on heath care & raises for politicians.

The IRS is one of the least efficient and most hated government departments. I hate handing money to the goverment before I even see it! And crooks and illegals don't pay income tax at all. But they'd all be taxed by a national sales tax, because they too need food, clothes, shelter, cars, medicine, light bulbs, you name it. And think of all the paper we'd save by having no tax forms!

All income (including investment income, trust fund income, deferred compensation plans, etc.) should be taxed at a graduated flat rate based on total income. A component of this flat rate should be a FICA tax on all income.

It is a sin that in a country that supposedly encourages hard work and saving to get ahead, we tax both ordinary income and interest on savings at a higher rate than investment income!