> People have been saying this for decades Yep, if you look at the historical trustee reports[1], in 1990 it was projected to run out in 2043. In 2000 it was p

> People have been saying this for decades Yep, if you look at the historical trustee reports[1], in 1990 it was projected to run out in 2043. In 2000 it was projected to run out in 2037. The same 2037 estimate was given in 2010. In 2020, it was estimated at 2034, which is the current estimate. Of course money is just numbers to allocate worker productivity. The real important things are demographic ratios and what percent of our productive capacity we want to allocate to taking care of retirees. The running out of the trust just more directly forces us to revisit that question. [1] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/index.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/index.html