For America's social security trust fund, the answer is around six years. A growing elderly population and falling birth rate mean the pot, accumulated over decades will run dry some time towards the end of the next presidential term, in late 2032. When that happens, the country's retirees will take a battering. So can anything be done to stop it before time runs out?
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