Social Security was never intended to allow folks to retire and live it up. It was intended to allow a person to subsist. If that person had other irons in the fire, well, good for him. He could have a good time retired. If not, well, maybe you have enough for food and shelter, and a tip for the gravedigger.
I'm a Boomer, and subsistance is what I expect from my SS account, nothing more. If the money is not there, it is another example of government mismanagement, possibly malfeasance. It is not as though we Boomers suddenly appeared and are throwing everything financially out of whack.
Here's a solution: Maybe half the Boomers, the more patriotic ones, should just trundle off and take one for the team, know what I mean?
Ed