I think Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, should never have been created, and should be dismantled piece by piece to minimize the amount of inevitable of injustice that will occur as long as it exists.

sds

I think that “justice” means something different to SDS than it does to me. To me, a program that guarantees some level of care for the elderly and disabled is justice. If you eliminate social security, how will you take care of society’s most vulnerable?

(Heads up: If you say “private charity,” I’ll hear “we won’t.” If you say “personal responsibility,” I’ll hear “euthanasia.”)

(via squashed)

What I mean here is that it’s unjust for the government to force people to save to a general fund where they will never get back what they put in. I am “saving” into the system so that the retirees have cash today; I will never see any of what I put in. The longer the scheme goes, the less benefit to all involved.