Don’t blame Social Security for US deficit  Your Letters By Your
Letters The Post-Standard on November 27, 2012 at 2:00 AM  To
the Editor:  Why is it not so obvious to the majority of
Americans that this nonsense about the so-called “fiscal cliff”
is a ploy for both Democrats and Republicans to trash such
beneficial programs as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?
Social Security has absolutely nothing to do with the deficit.
Individuals share the cost with their employees. Neither is
Medicare the cause. It is our health care system that has become
one gigantic moneymaking scam. Today, the United States spends
more on health care per person than any other country in the
world. In 2009, while the United States was in severe recession,
the health insurance companies increased their profits by 56
percent.  What do we do to reduce the deficit? We increase
individual income tax rates on the wealthy and close corporate
tax loopholes while reducing the enormously bloated defense
budget. According to the Internati