No, it isn’t. That’s bullshit, a talking point designed to get you to give up on supporting it politically.

But do you know what would help it in actuarial terms? 2 things:

• raise the federal minimum wage

• remove the cap on income subject to the social security tax

When suppressing wages became a bipartisan affair, it hurt Social Security just as much as it did workers on the low end of the wage scale.