In 2012 the average individual benefit for Social Security Recipients was $698.00 per month. The average married couple benefit in 2012 was $1048.00 per month. And for this the average citizen in the USA is being asked to wait longer to receive their benefits? And the Republicans are laughing? Really? Where this continues to become more and more ludicrous is the fact those amounts paid to citizens in 2012 are BEFORE the deductions for Medicare insurance. And the Republicans laugh. It looks as though the peasants are suppose to be more so according to Republicans.