[SoJoCo]

They single out SS because it is a big target.

In 2010 Social Security consumed $695 billion. Medicare and Medicaid cost $743 billion. They're the bigger target. And the one where costs are growing exponentially.

[Parmy]

But remember, unlike most of the rest of the programs that the government provides, SS, Medicare, etc. have manditory payroll deduction. I have been paying into the system with ever-increasing deductions from my paycheck since 1969 to the present.

If there needs to be cuts, try the Department of ED., HUD, and others that are a direct drain on the budget and which don't contribute anything to the budget.