"...In Congress and in retirement communities across the state, Floridians are rising up against President Barack Obama's forthcoming budget proposal to trim yearly cost-of-living raises in Social Security benefits.
Three out of four Florida voters age 50 and older said they opposed the president's Social Security plan, according to a statewide AARP poll released on Monday. And some of the president's strongest allies in Congress are pressing against his bid for a budget compromise with Republicans, which he plans to unveil on Wednesday.
Obama touched a nerve in the Sunshine State -- a retirement haven where one in five residents receives a Social Security check -- by signaling a willingness to accept smaller cost-of-living raises by changing the way inflation is figured..."
