I agree with your post.
However, the key word in my post was “expect”. Folks expect to get what the were promised, even if that promise can legally be broken.
If the GOP wants to mess around with Social Security, they are free to do so. And it might even help the country. But it will also mint many more Democrats.
“If the GOP wants to mess around with Social Security, they are free to do so. And it might even help the country. But it will also mint many more Democrats.”
(A) It has to be done, and the key is how the GOP leadership communicates (a) the need and (b) the real changes - what they are and what they are not.
(B) There has to be an approach that makes different adjustments to different aspects, to minimize any adjustment that would otherwise hit one aspect alone. Current wage earners as well as new retirees especially, will have to take changes. A single change in one aspect alone would either be not sufficient or too harsh. Adjustments to mulitple aspects can minimize and spread “the pain”.