I mean I rest easy knowing my government is keeping my social security money safe for me so it will be there when I retire. I've been hearing this my whole lif

I mean I rest easy knowing my government is keeping my social security money safe for me so it will be there when I retire. I've been hearing this my whole life, and through circumstances worse than they are now. You want high interest rates? Rampant inflation? Try the 70s and 80s. Unstable world governments? phhhhhhffft I'll grant you, a certain political party has gone off the rails, but it's otherwise same shit, different decade. And as I now near the point when it's time for the SSA to start cutting me checks (I've still got a few years), it looks like they will still do exactly that. That said, I've always planned finances as if Social Security won't be there when I retire.