I'm not a greedy person. I don't need to be rich. If I were living comfortably, I would live with it. If we could correct the problem for the long term, I would be willing to just forget about it. Social Security expert Gebhardtsbauer said setting income limits for Social Security is a popular solution if the limit is set high enough.
People see it as getting the rich guy.
I point out that the rich guy has paid in a lot more. He said President Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't want a means test for Social Security because he wanted the program to be universally appreciated, an argument still advanced today. But the formulas used to determine Social Security benefits already favor the poor, and some people would go even further in that direction. Judy Sipes says the real solution is for people not to be so dependent on Social Security. Sipes said she expects the system will be preserved.