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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: KyrosL who wrote (155295)1/29/2011 7:01:40 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 542004
 
That's not means testing.
That is "using the lion's share of the potential Social Security pensions of those that are very well off are used to pay the Social Security pensions of those less well off. " Means testing would mean some people would get nothing, because they do not need the money. Completely different setup.

Means testing affects access to benefits- not, I think, the payment side- or so I have always seen it used:

en.wikipedia.org
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