Americans would Rather Raise Social Security Taxes than Cut Benefits

According to a new AP poll, 53% of Americans prefer raising taxes to cutting benefits to shore up the Social Security system, while 36% say cut benefits. A majority also supports raising the retirement age.

According to the poll, 47% say Obama would do a better job of defending Social Security, while 44% prefer Romney. So at least 8% of these respondents need to look at Romney's tax plan and see what he is actually proposing.