Florida retiree Angela Foti has a message for the Presidential candidates: Hands off Social Security and Medicare benefits. "Everybody knows we paid for it, and that's the way it is," the 71-year-old says as she sips coffee in the clubhouse at Kings Point, a retirement community outside of Tampa. "I think it's just stupid to talk about cuts." Perilous as it may be-a Bloomberg National Poll in October found majorities of more than 80 percent against reducing Social Security or Medicare benefits-reining in both programs is part of the current political debate. How it plays out in Florida, the largest swing state and home to the nation's highest concentration of seniors, could help decide who wins the White House next year.
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机译：佛罗里达退休人员安吉拉·福蒂（Angela Foti）向总统候选人传达了一条信息：释放社会保障和医疗保险。这位71岁的老人说：“每个人都知道我们为此付出了代价，而且就是这样。”她在坦帕郊外的退休社区Kings Point的会所里coffee饮咖啡。 “我认为谈论裁员是愚蠢的。”可能是危险的-彭博社（Bloomberg National Poll）于10月发现，多数反对减少社会保障或医疗保险福利的人士超过80％，这两个计划中的控制都是当前政治辩论的一部分。佛罗里达州是最大的摇摆州，也是全美老年人最集中的地方，在佛罗里达州的比赛方式可能有助于确定明年谁将赢得白宫。
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