"We need to ween our country off of social security."
I'd put it a bit differently rather than "ween" but would certainly like to see the whole S/S eliminated. Realistically that's not going to happen until taxpayers realize how much it's really costing each of the them - and, don't forget, there are those right now who don't pay into S/S but are eligible for its payout. That's part of the problem.
I don't see any likelihood of taxpayers (under the present system) suddenly waking up and believing "... hey I'm paying WAY too much to support mom and dad ...". Quite the contrary, many taxpayers believe that others pay the taxes, not them ... and in some cases hey are right. With that sort of environment, there is probably no chance that S/S will be "weaned" from us. After all if I'm not paying for it why should I care?
With the FairTax, everyone will be paying the tax and you can certainly believe they'll take note.
No because the social security portion is hidden in the total. If you want reform you need to show how much is collected because of social security.