The sad fact is that the Social Security system is actuarially unsound. Fixing it is going to require some combination of (1) reduction in benefits (either by reducing payments/postponing scheduled increases already built into the system, or by further postponements to the age at which one becomes eligible for payments); and/or (2) increases in taxes.
Because either option is going to make voters angry at politicians, politicians will postpone taking action as long as possible. But that in turn will make the actions that will be necessary when the day of reckoning comes even more draconian.
Reality: deal with it.
Agree. However at least someone is offering a solution to fix it right now. I don’t want to leave this debt to my children and Grandchildren. The majority of the American people have said they want social security to continue. Fine. Let’s pay for it then. I would actually support a politician that ran on this plan.