Finally, those who would just miss the cutoff for the old system should be targeted for short-term changes. As Buchanan put it, “those who seek to undermine the support of the system (over the longer term) would do well to propose increases in the retirement age and increases in payroll taxes,” so as to irritate recipients at all income levels, but particularly those who are just on the wrong side of the cutoff and now would have to pay more and work longer.
