If it was a self-supporting program as intended it wouldn’t need fixing and there would be no fear-mongering. But politicians on both sides dip into it creating the legitimate fear that it will be insolvent. Then they claim to come together to “fix” what they ruined, placating their constituents.

In the end the argument over who broke it and who flexes it just becomes fodder for the people of both sides to argue about, distracting us from the true problem of SS insolvency.