We haven’t paid into anything. It’s an unsustainable, income tax based welfare program. Current tax revenue goes to pay current retirees. The rest get blown by the government and replaced by promises to tax future generations.
Being almost 45, I’ll never see a dime of it. Welcome to my boat - save or work until you die.
The money to pay projected retirees won’t come from trimming the budget here and there. The amounts are in the tens of Trillions of dollars, although in today’s economy that magnitude doesn’t seem to mean much anymore.
You haven't paid into social security? Well, I sure have. A huge chunk is taken out of every paycheck I've received since I started working.