“The people who have paid in to SS had no control over their money being taken.”
The time to complain about past funds paid is long past. Today we do not have the money to pay everyone everything they have been told to expect.
The money folks get today is not theirs, it is earned by someone else today, or in the future (debt).
Yes, it’s time to reform SS something George W. Bush tried to do in 2004 with no little or no support from congressional Republicans and total stonewalling from Democrats. Let young people starting out now or under 30 be allowed to choose where to put their money in funds other than ss. But don’t penalize people who through their long working lives had no choice.