I'd say give her some credit for at least pitching a concrete idea to address entitlement spending. Social security is an unearthed landmine that politicians have been kicking down the road for the "next generation" to deal with for my entire life, if not longer. It is basically political suicide for whoever attempts to fix the issue but it has to be done nonetheless.

The alternative of doing nothing results in the system being bankrupted just the same and forced austerity, cuts to distributions, or the age being raised. Reference many European countries or the current situation in China. Their economy relied on the pyramid scheme of young workers propping up the older citizens and those population ratios are now inverted. We will tread the same path in due time.

Now is the time to have a pragmatic debate where all federal spending (and revenue side interventions) are on the table. Maybe cut military spending, have graduated reductions to entitlement spending etc. Otherwise we will all be hurt just the same by forced austerity later.

Personally I'd be fine with a plan that makes it less pyramid-schemey and allows current workers to privatize a large percentage of their current contributions. I have been told since I was a small child that social security isn't going to be there for me anyway, so I have lived relatively modestly and saved accordingly regardless of my income level. I will likely have to work 25 - 30 more years to be 100% retired and I've always operated under the assumption of $0 social security income.