text: Enough with the b/s. There is no "change" to SS other than the Baby Boom.
  
  By law, from day one, any surplus is invested in U.S. gov't bonds.
  
  If they invested the surplus in stocks (which would mean SS would soon own ALL stocks) you'd be complaining about socialism in America. 
  
  If you're "no longer collecting enough revenue to support the payment of benefits" then you collect more revenue. It's not difficult unless you (or more accurately, the 1%ers) want it to be so.
  
  Learned Helplessness isn't cute in children; it's even less cute from you.