I've always said that your Social Security check is safe, no matter what they say about the deficit and the debt and the Trust Fund and default .... BUT what is not safe is what you will be able to buy with your check. The unspoken plan is to "rob" you through inflation.
When the financial crisis hit there were winner and losers. By the time the dust had settled the winners and losers had changed. For all intents and purposes the rich have won and the rest of the population have been handed the bill. In very simple terms those with capital have seen it preserved (nice bounce for the stock market), those with savings have been robbed (almost no interest), and those with debt ... well that depends on the debt and what it was used for. The nation as a whole has taken on debt at unprecedented rates and will be stuck with the bill for generations.....