@rbreich
Does the average young person of today pay enough into SS to cover their own cost, given present parameters for employee/er tax rates, wages, benefit onset age and payout, and reasonable estimates for longevity?
Said differently, is the SS program setup to succeed as it is - if it gets funds to cover past under collection from the early decades of the program?
If not, what employee/er tax rate would make SS self-sustaining for an avg person? Set Medicare aside for now.