When Will Politicians Admit Social Security Is on a Collision Course with Math?

When you combine how little we talk about the program with how little we do about the broken mechanics, we have a program that is on autopilot. Every year the mechanics drive payouts higher. It collects more as wages rise and the cap on taxable wages increases. Every year, the experts who are responsible for the system warn us that the autopilot is on a collision course with basic math, one that will likely define its own solution.