[AVNevis]

Excuse me for being ignorant, but what happens to the money that people have already "invested" to the government in Social Security? I like this idea of private investments but I can't get my head round what you are going to do about the people that have already retired. Do they get refunded all of the money that they payed over the years?

[sarasmom]

Already retired people are untouched. No changes.
Close to retired people are untouched.
People like myself, late 40s are screwed.Such is life.
In my case, late forties, I'm fine with the cutoff date being my birthday.
Social Security, as it stands now is an evil I refuse to silently allow our government to foist as a burden on my child's future.
I consider the price of her generations economic freedom, and a return to expecting government to do only what is their stated function in the constitution, worth the sunk costs I have already paid.
Major changes and an eventual end to this ruinous socialist policy is mandatory.
End it NOW!