[William Tell]

upchuck said: Your suggestion to prevent this “fraud?”

Immediate reduction of all "entitlement" payments by 5% followed by the same percentage reduction over the next twenty years. The final remaining third of present payments to then be eliminated. In twenty years the entire program is gone.

Payments into social insecurity will remain as is except that they may be reduced when no longer needed to make scheduled payments.

[upchuck]

I doubt anyone currently receiving Social Security will agree with your plan. Simply because SS is an earned entitlement.

I think your plan would be super for all the unearned entitlements like food stamps and SSI.