One of the most challenging political issues of recent time surrounds Social Security reform and whether or not to make changes to Social Security benefits. Regardless of party, as a nation, we recognize that the Social Security system is strained and that it may soon need to reduce benefits to those in late adulthood. There have been proposed solutions, such as: 1. As above, reducing benefits from Social Security, such as getting 75% of the current benefit wage 2. Increasing taxes to workers to better sustain Social Security benefits. In the current system, workers are paying Social Security taxes that benefit the current disbursements of these funds; this would not "net" you your own retirement savings, but under this option, future generations after you would be paying into Social Security that could benefit you into late age. Or, there could be other alternatives. I know that this is a potentially explosive topic, so please keep all communication at the level of respect, even if someone holds a different view than you do. The benefit of discussion is to help us to see all sides of a scenario. For your post, please find some research on this topic and detail what