The federal government DOES NOT fund Social Security! Social Security funds the federal government.
Since the Johnson Administration of the '60s, the S.S. fund has been plundered and the surplus from the fund used to finance wars and the daily operations of the federal government. This came as a result of Johnson declaring that these surplus funds would be added to the general fund. Once there, the funds could be used for anything and everything.
Now, seniors and future generations that had nothing to do with creating the national debt and massive shortfalls in social security are going to pay the price. Seniors have already had
cost of living increases to their SS checks frozen for the last two years. This has been especially painful given the double-digit inflation to necessary goods like
food and energy, and services like healthcare.