Nonsense. We were promised in 1964 that the SS was in good shape and would always be in good shape.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/ssa/usa1964-2.html
Self-Supporting
“The program is designed so that contributions plus interest on the investments of the social security trust funds will be sufficient to meet all of the costs of benefits and administration, now and into the indefinite future—without any subsidy from the general funds of the Government.
Both the Congress and the Executive Branch, regardless of political party in power, have scrupulously provided in advance for full financing of all liberalizations in the program.”
And here is where YOUR MONEY WENT! Read and weep!
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundFAQ.html#n4
“...interest on the investments of the social security trust funds...”
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, all that “interest” on the “investments” must be in the same lockbox with the hen’s teeth and the frog’s hair.