Social security can't go broke, since the notion of social security funds is essentially an accounting mechanism. To use the terminology of https://www.reddit

Social security can't go broke, since the notion of social security funds is essentially an accounting mechanism. To use the terminology of https://www.reddit.com/r/mmt_economics/comments/7ciwqe/how_does_mmt_relate_to_social_security/dpr7lzj/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mmt_economics/comments/7ciwqe/how_d... if the "social security cookie jar" is empty and taxes marked for social security exceed payments, then it simply turns negative, as able to pay out as it was before.