Printing money is the definition of inflation.
A great way to save money on SS is to pass lots of minimum wage increases and then increase the money supply like crazy, both of which will cause huge price inflation.
Then raise SS benefits by practically nothing, year after year.
When the minimum wage hits $150 and hour and SS is paying out only 5% more than it is today, it will get hopelessly monetized.
Frankly, I’m using hyperbole to make the point that that is, in fact, what they are doing. Just not quite so dramatically - and obviously.
Not if some foreign entity soaks up the printed dollars.