> if you spread that Social Security money out across 230 million adults Clearly that isn't the idea though. The idea would be more like multiplying SS such th

> if you spread that Social Security money out across 230 million adults Clearly that isn't the idea though. The idea would be more like multiplying SS such that all of those 230 million adults get the same payout as what the current recipients get now. And obviously it isn't as simple as that, not least because that's about 4 times as many people as SS covers currently, and it's already about 1/4 of the total US budget. In addition, the idea is that we shouldn't be required to work, and thus there should be basic income such that you can live comfortably, and arguably SS is already not enough for that. (the total SS budget/# of recipients = ~14k)