I think you missed the point of my post.
It is precisely the result you are displaying here that Social Security Commissioner Astrue was disputing in the article I linked to. You may have to reread it, instead of just regurgitating your little graph on command like a startled holothurian.
This is not the first time SS has been in trouble, and like the last time, it can be fixed if everyone involved is ready to compromise.
"This bill demonstrates for all time our nation's ironclad commitment to social security. It assures the elderly that America will always keep the promises made in troubled times a half a century ago. It assures those who are still working that they, too, have a pact with the future. From this day forward, they have our pledge that they will get their fair share of benefits when they retire." -- Ronald Reagan, 20 Apr, 1983
Those who petulantly insist on pointing out the financial difficulties of the program rather than working for their resolution should bear in mind Social Security is not an "entitlement", it is a bill that must be paid, a solemn contract. If the government decides to welsh on that contract, then it is obligated to return to every citizen every penny he contributed in SS witholding while he was working, with interest.
Besides, do you really think the Chinese are going to loan us any more money if they see we are no longer honoring our obligations to our aged? That is a culture which takes seriously its debt to its ancestors.
