“It’s not the number of workers or where things come from that is this problem.”
Look at what you buy. It’s a revenue problem when workers in other countries do not pay into SS and Americans do. Assess SS on all imported goods as if they were made in America. Level the playing field.
Real simple:
1. Are there more people working today than 20 years ago?
2. Are they earning higher average wages than 20 years ago?
3. Are more dollars flowing in to the Social Security system than 20 years ago?
If the answer to those 3 questions is “yes”, then the increase in imports is immaterial to the fact that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.