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Social Security keeps millions of Americans out of poverty.

Reno, Virginia. "Social Security: The Foundation Of Economic Security." Retirement and Disability Policy. March 21, 2016. Web. February 07, 2017. http://blog.ssa.gov/social- security-the-foundation-of-economic-security/.
"For example, many people know that 10 percent of seniors, or 4.6 million individuals, live in poverty. Yet many don’t know just how important Social Security is in preventing seniors from falling into poverty. If today’s seniors had to rely on only their income from sources other than Social Security, fully 4 in 10 would be poor. Social Security is our nation’s most effective poverty prevention program; its retirement, disability, and survivor benefits keep 21 million Americans out of poverty, including 14 million seniors. So, keeping Social Security strong is one of the best ways that we, as a nation, can address senior poverty and promote economic security for all. "

Any increase in spending will lead to a trade off in other programs.

Sange, Alexandra. "House Passes New Rules For The 112th Congress." National association of community health centers. January 18, 2011. Web. February 07, 2017. http://blogs.nachc.com/washington/house-passes-new-rules-for-the-112th-congress/.
"The new rules replace the previous ‘pay-as-you-go’ or PAYGO requirement with a ~is~‘cut-as-you- go’ or cut-go requirement. Cut-go prohibits the House from considering any bill that produces a net increase in mandatory spending within the 1-year, 5-year and 10-year budget windows, as opposed to PAYGO’s ten-year window. If a bill increases mandatory spending by any amount, the bill must cut the budget somewhere by that same amount. Under PAYGO, spending cuts could serve as offsets to spending increases, however, revenue increases could also serve as offsets. Under he ‘cut-go’ rule increases in revenue cannot be used to offset increases in mandatory spending." 

AND,  Republicans will demand cuts from major welfare programs and social services.

Mcauliff, Michael. "GOP Passes Deficit-Hiking Tax Cuts, Accuses Dems Of Irresponsibility." Huffington Post. June 12, 2014. Web. February 07, 2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/12/republicans-raise-deficit'n'5488588.html.
"Democrats accused Republicans of hypocrisy, pointing out that a few months 

insurance for a significant period of time." 

This is magnified by the current administration, who has already signed an executive order about federal regulations.

Bourree Lam, Trump’s 'Two-for-One' Regulation Executive Order, Atlantic, 1-30-2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/trumps-regulation-eo/515007/
"On Monday morning, President Donald Trump signed yet another executive 

Power Plan—which limits carbon pollution from power plants and is currently on hold under a Supreme Court stay."

Cuts in social security directly harm poverty rates- this turns the aff

Rank, Mark. "Toward A New Understanding Of American Poverty." Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. January 01, 2006. Web. February 07, 2017. http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241andcontext=law'journa l'law'policy.
"Similarly, changes in various social supports and the social safety net 

understanding how and why the game produces losers in the first place."