How many more times do people get WELFARE AND FOODSTAMPS more than they contributed! Let's read about that!

Really Dalev? And how would you expect seniors to survive? Ridiculous statement!

Nah, its like everything else our esteemed big brother gets involved in, a SCAM....

well, that and the govt considers it their rainy day go-to fund - GRRR

Social Security worked to help us get out of the depression but it should have been discontinued a long time ago.

Of course it isn't a good deal. People in their 40's today can't expect to get any social security money when they retire. Thus the reason people are starting to call it a tax instead of a contribution.

Sounds like the very definition of a Ponzi scheme.