Many Social Security experts agree that raising the retirement age is one of the solutions that must be considered if the 75-year-old entitlement program is to avoid insolvency.
"Any expert from any political spectrum will tell you that Rubio was right," said Andrew Biggs, former No. 2 at the Social Security Administration and now with the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
And here's a bit of innumeracy. Who can spot the problem?
Florida Social Security
3,547,492: Total number of beneficiaries
2,441,147: Retired workers
434,235: Disabled workers
279,367: Widows
162,978: Spouses
229,765: Children
$3,791,084: Total payout per month
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, December 2008.