WAKE UP SHEEPLE. Voting republican will not help. Every pubbie from Eisenhower to Reagan to the Bushies have loved social security. It will take a minor revolution to dump this horrific ponzi scheme.
Don't look now, but means testing has already happened. It started in 1983. It used to be that SS benefits were not taxable. In 1983 50% of benefits were made taxable, and under the 'toon, this percentage was raised to 85%.
This is a means test. If one has no other income, benefits are not taxed due to how the IRS code works. If one has other income, benefits are taxed.
Here in Kali, my marginal rate is ~40% for both state & federal, so my benefits will be reduced by ~34% when I start to draw SS. That is a means test no matter what they call it.