The consistently misinformed the public about the impact of Social Security and other entitlement programs on the deficit WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEFICIT. .
The truth is that, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is fully funded until 2052.... and republicans use the misinformation to accelerate the destruction of old people's entitlements.   OF course expenses have gone up on everything this past decade...we have always had inflation and it will affect medical and due to raises in salaries--modern med equipment and so forth.   

The TOP 10% own $40 TRILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS.....doesn't sound like America is broke to me....

The republicans only want to talk about the deficit, the deficit, the deficit .     BUT each year, we Americans account for nearly half of all global military spending, an amount larger than the next 45 nations together spend on their militaries. Because corporations make BIG bucks on this and like Cheney's Haliburton skip to Dubai for headquarters to escape paying any taxes at all.

Republican Speaker John Boehner refused to raise the debt ceiling to secure tax breaks for big oil companies and his billionaire jet-owning friends. It's now clearer than ever that Republicans won't say yes to anything and would rather see our economy fall into catastrophic default than offend Grover Norquist and the Tea Party fringe by asking billionaires to pay their fair share.