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But if you are fortunate enough not to need it, you will have paid into a system that will continue to help Americans who need it most," he says, according to an excerpt released by his political action committee, Leadership Matters for America.

So if I'm responsible enough to plan for my own retirement, have a 401K, Roth IRA, etc.. then Christie is going to means test me OUT of Social Security, a confiscatory plan I'll have paid more than 40 years into, because in his determination "I don't need it."

Some Christie supporter needs to explain it to me exactly how Christie's proposing something different than Obama's wealth redistributionist policies.

I paid into it UNDER FORCE OF GOVERNMENT and it's MY MONEY. I don't CARE what some fat windbag like Christie thinks, I want MY MONEY BACK. Period.

Oh, and Chris Christie? F*** YOU A$$HOLE, you aren't getting my vote.

I paid into it UNDER FORCE OF GOVERNMENT and it's MY MONEY. I don't CARE what some fat windbag like Christie thinks, I want MY MONEY BACK. Period.

I feel your pain. That said, we pay many taxes under the force of government and once we do, it's no longer our money. If a means test is eventually applied, it's very possible that people like you and me will have paid one of the largest taxes ever implemented, and we'll never see a penny of it.

Believe me, I'm conservative, and I don't like it one bit. Christie has raised this issue and it's political suicide...neither side will vote for him, but it's a topic that HAS to be raised. We can do it now and start the debate, or we can continue to put it off.

The debate should be framed in the context of overall reduced government size, but either way, Christie is just the messenger here. He doesn't deserve to be lambasted.