“if they paid 15% of their labor into a system on the promise it would pay back at some level, then they are owed that money.”
Not without a vibrant private sector to pay the bill they aren’t. They are gonna get squat because people vote their government checks, even “conservatives”.
do the math on 15% of your income, with a modest 5-10% return, over 45 years ... then take that number and disperse it monthly across 15 years. it should more then exceed your current expectation from social security.