You really have no clue about finance. I'm a CPA and a financial planner. I know you refuse to believe it because you are confused about how a pay as you go system works. All retirement plans will eventually have payouts that exceed revenues but it doesn't mean that from inception the payouts exceeded the revenues plus earnings. The funds we collect far exceed the value of the benefits paid out. The reason everyone talks about a
The SS is a good deal for the gov't and a terrible deal for its participants. The fact that the participants are not protected because the money isn't set aside is just further evidence that from the participants view that SS is a terreible deal for them,.
It is called theft.