I started howling with laughter when the article writer said the magic words “trust fund”.
No such animal.
It is like having a public policy discussion on the care and feeding of Unicorns.
I fully expect that they will declare SS insolvent.
Then raid/ appropiate all 401k accounts.
They may try to rationalize this by saying the gov is going to take over 401 disbursements. And you 401k is being “rolled into” SS.
No Separate Social Security “lock box” as Gore liked to say. Just funnel it all into the general fund.