Don't Let Them Push Social Security Off The Fiscal Cliff

By Roger Hickey

September 27, 2012 - 3:44pm ET 

They call it the "fiscal cliff," but it's Social Security that's going to be pushed over it, unless we speak out now.

The forces of austerity in Washington are using the prospect of automatic spending cuts and tax increases at the end of the year to pressure Congress into a "grand bargain," slashing Social Security benefits in the name of deficit reduction.

News reports, including from The Huffington Post, report leaders of both parties are planning to put Social Security on the chopping block.