I kind of agree, but here is the deal---------->want to kill it! Then give everyone alive who paid in, their money, and the money their employer paid in for them, then talk kill it. Until then, nobody in the right mind, is going to give up a FORCED investment that they HAD to pay into, because the politicians spent it on something else.
I will never see a penny that I put into it back, which is fine with me but there is no doubt it is bankrupt…
Well, not everybody thinks like you! This was a social contract between government, and the citizens. The government FORCED people and business to pay into it in workers names, and for allowing that to happen, they promised a benefit. If they do not want to solve the problem, then they need not run for office.
I do not know how old you are, but I am old enough to remember being WARNED over, and over, and over again, that if the government did not stop spending the SS fund to help balance the budget, the country would be screwed. It has come to pass! And guess what happened to virtually EVERY politician who tried to fix it! That is correct, they either lost, or if in office, got thrown out. Politicians spun it all away, just like they spin the debt today.
Social security will NOT go broke, take that to the bank. But, what we all better hope gets fixed is medicare. People say what is the difference! Let me tell you------------>if they can print money in QE, they can print money to prop up SS long enough if they change the rules. They can't do that with medicare! The only way they can do it without a REAL fix, is FORCE doctors and nurses to work for LESS, while forcing them to take patients they may not want. That is the essence of socialism, period! Medicare is healthcare. Healthcare is 1/6th of the economy. With the baby-boomers retiring in droves, their use of medical services will be a large part of that 1/6th of the economy. Remember, SS is not a large part of the economy, so it can be propped up. Medicare can NOT without a financial solution.