There's a simple solution, and it is called a phase-out, along with several other government cuts that need to be made.
I can't believe that people actually act like the U.S.' problems are hard to solve, when, in actuality, all it will take is a consensus to get things done.
It's only hard if you don't want to bite the bullet and tell your voters that this scheme(SS) can't work.
We must remember that politicians absolutly HATE saying the word no.