>>>>It does certainly matter that the surplus money was and is being spent. The whole idea of the 1983 reform was to save to lessen the burden on future taxpayers. It only doesn't matter if you assume that there was no choice but to spend more than the general fund received in taxes.
There was no choice as far as SS and the trust fund were concerned. The trust fund was merely the mandated first source of borrowing if the general fund chose to spend money it didn't have.
