The incorrect assumption is that “Conservatives” don’t want “their” check from the government.
The only actual conservative solution to Social Security is to end it completely. Stop taking it out of paychecks, stop paying out any money.
If some people can’t make it (and there will be a lot of them), then they are wards of the state based on their need.
Anything short of that is nonsense and a lie, including keeping the current system.
I think it would be 3 - 5 years and we'd be solvent again ... even WITH the lack of employment
[[Social Security Reform: A Conservative Plan; Strengthen safety net, build private savings on top.]]
Here’s a better plan. STOP sending hundreds of billions of dollars to terrorist nations, Stop the $150 BILLION that we are going to pay Iran, stop spending billions on USELESS special interest groups, stop giving hundreds of billions to ILLEGALS, and then RETURN the money that was stolen from SS!
Problem solved!
The way to get rid of the SS monstrosity without hurting people is to start from the start. That is, no new enrollments in the system. And since SS is tied to Medicare with the FICA Tax, Medicare ends the same way.
This means instead, the money that would have gone to FICA, to be immediately squandered by the government, instead of saved as they promised, effectively doubling the Income Tax, goes to individual health and retirement savings accounts, hopefully tax free.
This also means that federal revenues lose about a quarter or so of their ill gotten gains. Which means either big time cuts to government or huge deficits.
But if you are willing to kill SS and Medicare, you probably are not in favor of huge deficits. So your task becomes what parts of the federal government to put out of business.