 solving social security s insolvency it rsquo s a fact that social security is in trouble republicans and democrats can rsquo t agree on a solution to resolve the problem so we continue to ignore it and go further in debt republicans have proposed a couple of plans that would also raise the social security retirement age cut costofliving adjustments and would also increase the early retirement age from 62 to 64 for an article on the various plan options click on the following link  http thehillcom homenews news 166835gopsenatorcallsforraisingso 19  