Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — The co-chairmen proposed a $3.8 trillion deficit-cutting plan yesterday that would trim Social Security and Medicare, reduce income-tax rates and eliminate tax breaks including the mortgage-interest deduction. It would reduce the annual deficit from $1.3 trillion this year to about $400 billion by 2015 and start reducing the $13.7 trillion national debt.

from: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-11/deficit-plan-matches-3-8-trillion-math-with-tough-politics.html

A new poll out by PPP indicates that when asked how to balance the budget, 43% of real Americans said tax the wealthy, 22% said cut defense spending and only 12% said cut Social Security. They didn’t stutter. That’s crystal clear. If some of our current politicians make the mistake of backing these cuts for Social Security, those numbers are going to come back to bite them. And they’ll be our former politicians. I, for one, will work the rest of my life to kick out of office anyone who signs off on this robbery. I don’t give a damn what party they claim to be from. That includes the president.

from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/cutting-social-security-i_b_782000.html