Name a government program or function about which that is not true?
“Name a government program or function about which that is not true?”
That is the point, my friend. Social Security is present year spending, just like every other government spending. No spending is “safe” in an environment when we can’t collect the taxes necessary to fund all the spending promises and we can’t borrow to make up the difference.
When that happens, something has to be cut. Will it be Social Security? If we are willing to zero out everything else, maybe not.