In any case, the Democrats' answer is ALWAYS raising taxes, while crowing about the "mean Republicans" forcing Seniors to eat dogfood, and poor folks "starving", etc.
FRed's plan would work, but is a tough sell when the extreme rhetoric of the Lefties starts drumming on the MSM continuously.
Most Baby Boomers I know have not put themselves in a position to depend on Social Security alone for survival after retirement. Providing benefits to illegals (which the Dem's and Repub's have both indicated they could support) will exacerbate the problem even more.
More accurately, they have been forced to contribute into the system rather than be allowed to fund their own retirement/investment plan with that contribution