Just wait until the gross devaluation of the dollar hits the boomer retirees and they no longer can afford to retire or stay retired. Perhaps this is how they will the solve social security crisis. The amount payable stays frozen, cost of living increases cease and the purchasing power of the money is now worthless.
The really elderly will be up the creek when they haven’t enough in their fixed check to survive and have no other options. Guess the “death panels” will help with that problem.
I have long anticipated that inflation was the key to paying off government obligations. Unfortunately the inflation already in the pipeline is way beyond what would have achieved those meager ends, because the debt just keeps growing.