[fkfyshroglk]

The surplus won't be solvent; the program itself is fine by definition. The entire concept of "social security solvency" is fear-mongering by people who want you to think of the entire country like a sack of gold rather than a proper economy.

[mgh95]

Not really. It won't be "solvent" in the sense it can pay out full benefits and people will not receive the face value of what was promised.

And I say this as someone who unabashedly supports allowing it to revert to its statutory payout rat, even if it is below what was promised.

[fkfyshroglk]

Maybe you should stop lying to your grandparents!

But seriously, nobody was promised anything not dictated by statute. Who gives a shit about what you, specifically understood the statute to mean? By any reasonable understanding of the law it's not even possible for SSI to go without funding, assuming the government is still operational.

What's more real and relevant is that the government only cares about your insofar as you contribute to the private economy. Like what can we do to make those fucks actually pay out and take care of us?