(The Center Square) – On the day before Social Security’s 90th anniversary, fiscal watchdogs are urging Congress to seriously address the program’s impending funding shortfalls – particularly in light of the now $37 trillion national debt – even as lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss increasing benefits.

“The looming shortfalls in Social Security are intimately connected with our nation’s overall deteriorating fiscal outlook, and every year of delay makes the choices more difficult and the trade-offs more punishing,” Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux of Concord Action, a fiscal responsibility advocacy group, said in a statement.

“This Congress and those in the very near future will be judged on whether they tackle this problem effectively - protecting Social Security benefits for curre

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