Should Social Security and Medicare be abolished?

[Brutus]

Abolished?  Hell no.  But I do think Social Security should be re-evaluated.  I believe that the intended goal was to be a sort of old-age insurance for those who end up being poor in their elderly years.  What it's turned into is a grab bag for every AARP member who ever paid a dime in payroll tax, no matter how much they've got sitting in retirement portfolios.  I think we ought to reduce the burden to workers by lowering the payroll tax, and in turn, do a little means testing for distributing benefits.  While we're at it, how about getting rid of the income-ceiling on the payroll tax.  I don't think most Americans realize that people with high incomes don't pay a dime of social security tax on anything they make over $87,900.