DAT is right. It's basically a vote-buying scheme and putting it back at 6.2 percent only enables the one side to label the other as callous cruel tax raisers in an election year.
Problem is, even guys like me who maxxed out their SS contribution only "saved" $2000. Guess where that went? Higher fuel costs, higher energy costs, higher food costs, higher clothing costs, higher insurance premiums, higher state and local taxes, property taxes, vehicle license fees, etc.
Said it before, will say it again--just give me the money I've paid into the system (I'll forgo the employer match) and let me invest that money as I see fit. In return, I'll never make a SS claim or ask for Medicare. Ever.
But we know that's never going to happen because the whole government-run Ponzi scheme would come crashing down.