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You're not thinking this through at all. The reason that the US borrows is that we spend money we don't have. Giving Congress more money cannot possibly make that problem worse.Increasing retirement age is one, or part of one, solution that I'm fine with, yes.
They're doing a terrible job on current responsibilities, so.....
SS funding comes from one bucket of money that, as of now, we cannot borrow and spend to fulfill. Given Congress' history of money management, yes, it seems like a horrible idea to give them another opportunity to borrow and spend.
Anyway, it's all the same in the end. The treasury "borrows" money from SS and has since Reagan. It has to, as it should. Treasury borrows from SS the way your right pocket might borrow from your left pocket.