Most of the people who have thought seriously about this issue, ie Paul Ryan and Rick Perry want to protect benefits for people already on it or within 8 to 10 years of retirement.
That’s only fair.
Cutting benefits would hurt older people. There is not a means test for social security, nor should there be, but for a lot of people it’s their main income.
There were no cost of living increases for 3 years until this year while everything such as gas and groceries went way up.
This is a very ill-thought out stance by Rick Santorum, but if that’s what he believes, I’m glad he told us before we voted for him.
If you are aware that SS was a Ponzi scheme, is broke, there is no money and you still want to maintain the status quo then you are supporting a socialist program. If you are OK with that then fine. It is wealth redistribution plain and simple.