Be specific. Quote for me in that response of mine where I said anything about SS being good bad, or anything else? Be specific now quote me where I argued anything about SS?The Government DEPENDS on the SS surplus. They MUST have it to pay the Government operating costs, it is FIGURED into the Budget. It is NOT excess. Ok so the Government pays a percentage on the money it borrows, all sounds fine and dandy, right? Problem is that the Government MUST use the money from SS to pay to operate. When SS no longer has a surplus to LOAN to the Government That money not only will no longer be available to borrow and pay for operating costs BUT the SS fund will be needing the Government to PAY it back the loans it already made.
Perhaps one can explain where the Government will get the funds that it currently depends on from SS AND the funds to pay back the loans when that happens?
Why do you think that's an argument against SS? SS is the lender not the borrower. If SS were to invest its money somewhere else,
then the US government would have to borrow that money somewhere else.