If you think that cutting government spending and taking the baby steps towards a balanced budget currently being considered by the "supercommittee" will be without pain, you're kidding yourself. There are many here who would enthusiastically support a balanced budget amendment, with implementation immediately. This little change in the calculation of the Social Security inflator index is nothing compared to the life-changing things that will have to disappear from our lives as we move even more aggressively towards balancing government spending with revenues. We can argue about who's ox will be gored more than another, but everyone will have to suffer if we are serious about moving towards fiscal responsibility.