The excess revenues from social security are 'invested' in special government bonds that earn a fixed rate of return. We hit peak social security excess in 200

The excess revenues from social security are 'invested' in special government bonds that earn a fixed rate of return. We hit peak social security excess in 2008. To the powers that be a decrease in excess amounts to a loss in revenue. Wait until the social security administration cashes in those bonds, those redemptions go straight to the national debt.