AT TODAYS NEWS CONFERENCE, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAW FIT TO SAY THAT IF THE DEBATE ON RAISING THE NATIONAL DEBT REACHED A STALEMATE SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS WOULD NOT GO OUT. HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THOSE ON WELFARE OR FOOD STAMPS NOT GETTING THEIR MONTHLY CHECKS. BUT THEN MANY GETTING THOSE SO-CALLED BENEFITS ARE IN HIS BASE WHILE OLDER PEOPLE GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY FAILED TO SUPPORT HIM IN THE RECENT ELECTION.