[Wolfie]

I don’t imagine any kind of “tinkering” can make up for the $2.5 trillion that the federal government stole and spent on other things.

[kabar]

Even if the $2.7 trillion in the SSTF contained real assets rather than the current non-market, interest bearing T-bills, SS would still not be solvent. It is actuarially unsustainable.

Our aging population, and specifically the baby boomer generation that is like a pig going thru a python, will consume the $2.7 trillion and still need an additional $30.5 trillion, in 2012 dollars to remain solvent for the next 75 years.