I have numerous posts saying the same thing but I have never phrased so matter-of-factly as you.
I also make the point that SS cannot go broke since has no legal obligations.
The other point that I make in a pure troll fashion is that SS is just another welfare scheme designed to bend the knee of the middle class to their Democratic masters.
I still wonder though when push comes to shove how many Freeprs will sell their freedom to keep their SS.
I don't want to sell my freedom to keep my SS, but money was taken from me (under penalty of law, if not at gunpoint) and in return I was promised a benefit.
I want the benefit I was promised. There are other ways for the government to pay that benefit instead of raising taxes. The federal government owns vast tracts of land in the western states. Much of it is considered "worthless", but I bet if the RIGHT to develop it were included in a sale it would be worth plenty.
Instead of constantly fighting illegal immigration, we could just sell the right to enter the US and work. The people who came in would work hard to pay for the right they bought and would turn in illegals in a heartbeat to protect their own investment.
Plenty of ways for the US to raise money without raising taxes...