That's because it has replaced welfare. Many Democrats claim some ficticious illness and collect SS checks for the rest of their lives. They also tell their kids to act stupid and misbehave to get even more cash. No wonder the system is going broke.
Then there's the government employees who have their own private accounts rather than the same SS we pee-ons have.
Then, of course, the politicians need it to buy votes from their base through more social programs.
SS will be broke by the time we get there. Why wouldn't it be? It's not used for what it was intended, just like all the other government handouts. It's a total falure.
I'd say our great nation started tward it's financial death the minute the government handed out the first "free" penny.