[Big Horn]

SS has gotten dems elected for years, the young people are going to get the shaft.

[doc1019]

Us old farts are already getting the shaft ... I got a $4.00 raise this year and my cost of living went up 37%.

[arthurus]

It is Democrats who always accuse Republicans of being about to take away or reduce the SS pensions of the old folks and I believe it is Democrats who have reduced benefits several times. I am all for ending SS by cutting loose everyone below, say, 50 and continuing the payments to those older. I would even go for just ending it outright right now, even my own- I have been on it for 6 years.
If we must retain that particular bit of socialism we should go to the Chilean model. I believe several countries have instituted variations of that successfully. The Chilean model has proven to be inefficient and riddled with corruption but still pays out twice what Americans get as a function of contributions and the money is unavailable to the government. There is not one big basket of contribution money to be applied to governmental whims. There is no way to replace the funds with unredeemable IOUs.