The sustem is not going to collapse just in time for boomer retirement, but they are the ones who will pay proposed tax increases unless they understand that indexing is a better idea.
But the trial lawyers and the tort system in the US is bankrupting the same corporations that will pay the pensions and medical benefits of their employees. The lawyers and their families will be taken care of; but the average employee will be left out to dry.
It's all part of the same agenda and why the Dems are fighting so hard over judicial appointments.