If that is the case, what is the current inflation rate and is it higher or lower than has historically been the case?
Inflation has pretty much been uniformly positive since the 1930s.
Using non-inflation adjusted dollars will ultimately put us all in the top tax bracket.
This is why I am confedent that I will get back every single penny I have put into Social “Security” in the past 4 decades.
Of course, by then a hamburger might cost $1999.99, still, I’ll get every penny...