This is unadulterated bullshit.
This is a political choice; not anything inherent to how the social security system works.
Pols trot this out periodically to a) scare the shit out of us and b) to further divide us from one another, this time based on age.
Don't fall for it.
The shortfall will be driven in part by a drop in immigration and Trump’s tax cuts, trustees say, resulting in trimmed benefits.