It doesn't matter. that 2% will not be enough to cover SS.
The boomers are aging, and people are living longer than ever, and there will be fewer working adults to support them. There are more Americans on disability now than there have ever been before, and that's a habit that's hard to break. The government has added health care to the social platter and the boomers will expect to be looked after there as well. Plus there is the accumulating interest on the debt, as well as the debt itself.
I doubt that the American people can pull themselves out of this mess, largely because they are no longer serious or even understand that a very serious problem exists. I have always been very pro American, and defended her wherever I went, because the world needs America and what it represents. But I no longer have confidence in the American people. This generation, my generation, has squandered it all away.
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