But I'm with you, the system is screwed, but it was the Dims spending it on everything but social security. Buying commemorative plates from Time/Life would have been a better investment than paying into Social Security.
I attended a Texas Work Force meeting for one of my PoliSci classes, it where they make people go who sign up for welfare (TANIF). I was surprised because the "teacher" told them that if they planned on SS for their retirement they were out of their minds.
I was pretty shocked, I assumed it would be a leftist love fest.
The government has known since the 60's that SS was broken, they just liked the ready cash it brought in. If someone ran a business like that, we would throw them in prison.