[Svartalfiar]

“built up reserves”

There are no reserves.

There is no fund.

Welcome to the real world of Social Security:

I am fully aware of that, and it is mentioned in this conversation. SS Does have a fund, it's just not funded. All the dollars are kept track of, the dollars just aren't kept. So if you look only at the numbers, and ignore the dollar signs, you can get a picture of what it is, theoretically, doing.

[cgbg]

“if you look only at the numbers, and ignore the dollar signs, you can get a picture of what it is, theoretically, doing.”

You can study the mating habits of Unicorns if you want—and see what they are theoretically doing...

;-)

But—the politicians play this game to scam the public—they have been lying for decades and they are lying now.

Don’t enable their fraud with “theoretical” discussions.