nancy altman is the co-director of the group social security works. she's also the author of the book, "the battle for social security." and david john is a research fellow specializing in retirement security with the heritage foundation. he worked previously on capitol hill on proposals to change the program. nancy altman, the fund is still in surplus, collect morning money than it pays out. the trust fund is growing but the date at which they won't be able to pay the guaranteed payout just moved three years closer, so? is it generally in goods shape, generally in danger? >> generally in good shape. social security, the social security system from the beginning has been very closely monitored and has always been very conservatively managed. so efly year it projects out 75 years. now when you project out that far you going to show these fluctiations. recently trustees reports have shown that the exhaas shen date is 2028, others show 2048. so 2033, 2035, 2036 are all within that range. the important point is what you said, social security is projected