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rdean
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Not sure where you get the idea it was never designed to last. Maybe from Fox or Breitbart?FDR's Social Security program was designed to last and FDR even thought he had fixed it so that Republican could not change it or drop it. Bush made comments about privatizing SS but dropped them quickly when he saw the handwriting.FDR warned of that massive dependency as well. It is one reason he said SS should never be alliwed to be a long-term program. Liberals learned, however, that dependency = votes / power...for them.
Social Security has never been designed to last. See the numerous changes to "try to save it".
No, it won't be changed because it's political suicide for anyone who tries. But when it fails....what then? And fail it surely will on the path it's on.
But it has been changed numerous times. The last being benefits frozen regardless of inflation. Before that, the retirement age was 66.