For 80 years, Social Security has been a promise hardworking, taxpaying Americans can trust — a promise that should they retire, become disabled, or die, a safety net would be there for them and their families. It’s an important program on which many Americans rely after a lifetime of hard work.

And yet as Social Security turns 80, that promise is in serious danger of being broken if Washington fails to act upon the latest warnings about Social Security’s financial health.