It’s a ponzi scheme. If you are younger you’ll never see your money. And all the current seniors want their turn at the payout end of the ponzi scheme, country and young people be damned.
Unfortunately, there is no money to give you the refund. The govt. could print it, but if that was done for everybody the value of the money you got wouldn’t buy a dozen eggs. You, I, and everybody else paid into a Ponzi scheme and we will lose our money.
By the way, compound interest is also a scam which can only work in an expanding economy. A wise man recently said “The plan was unlimited growth. The problem is it ain’t possible.”
Plant some turnips and hope for the best.