I have said the same thing. Sure I'll get 200 dollars a month.... but I can buy a pack of gum with two months of my social security checks. The ONLY way the government is going to get out of the Ponzi scheme social security lie is to inflate it's way out of trouble and let the inflation "correction" be less... then means test the "rich" and the idiots that think they'll live off of social security can look like their brethren paupers in the old Soviet Union and Eastern Europe... living like huddled old peasants in the city but worshiping the government nipple for their scraps.
then of course they can raise taxes to "help out the poor old folk"... bookmark this..save it on your hard drives so that the government will not put this down the memory hole... DEMOCRATS want the country to be bankrupt in order to control the people. Every northeast city, Michigan, Chicago, California and every other place the democrats have controlled have turn to sh#t, but they still keep trying to TAX their way to prosperity. Cause this time they really really really really have a "good program" to "grow the economy" or "create jobs"... government doesn't create jobs, it controls job markets and delegates the winners and losers.
The funniest thing is that people that went into politics couldn't "DO" anything for a living except spout off on how smart they are and how they need to "lead" us.
My advice to my kids, live below your means. Be the hardest worker and obtain skills that are valuable... medicine, building, engineering, nursing etc... and above all trust only God and your family.