Originally Posted by
SteamJet
Have you read the earlier posts by Jungle in this thread? Have you not read the projections by the CBO and others? Game over in 2037 unless benefits are cut or taxes are raised (or we go to advanced shell game shennanigans ala robbing Peter to Pay paul or print more "IOUs" for the SS "lock box" and further increase the debt). Even Obama doesn't dispute this. That's saying something.
Well, again, we disagree. The projections of CBO have used very conservative figures for economic growth and immigration. Also, as has been said before, a (very slight) raising of the age at which benefits are collected, as well as possibly raising the wage cap closes the gap for like, 50 years. And I'm sorry, we can't plan farther ahead than that. We really have no idea what things will be like in 50 years.