“Social Security’s long-term shortfall is likely significantly worse than projected. In 2025, the Social Security Trustees estimated that the program faces a 75-year funding shortfall equal to $27 trillion in present-value terms. But those projections rely on unusually optimistic assumptions about future US fertility rates. The Trustees are likely understating Social Security’s insolvency problem by assuming Americans will start having far more children than current trends suggest.” [1]
Well technically that is grand theft. People are obligated to pay into social security their entire working life in addition to all the assorted taxes they pay.
Start selling federal land and real-estate until both the SS coffers are filled up and the national debt is paid off.
toomuchtodo•1h ago
“Social Security’s long-term shortfall is likely significantly worse than projected. In 2025, the Social Security Trustees estimated that the program faces a 75-year funding shortfall equal to $27 trillion in present-value terms. But those projections rely on unusually optimistic assumptions about future US fertility rates. The Trustees are likely understating Social Security’s insolvency problem by assuming Americans will start having far more children than current trends suggest.” [1]
[1] https://debtdispatch.substack.com/p/low-and-falling-fertilit...
Additional citations:
https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Social-Securit...
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/2026060249/anot...
(on top of ~$50T in other existing debt obligations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48438840)