[quote=afx114]If someone spent their life putting INTO social security, why is it so bad that they expect to get some OUT when they retire? Hell, even John McCain collects social security, and it’s hard to argue against him getting it, despite his millions, because of the fact that he put into it.

No one I know, nor myself, expect to see any SS when it is time, but if there is some available when I get there, damn right I expect to get some back. Who wouldn’t?[/quote]

I wouldn’t mind putting money into a system in which a fixed % of what I put in actually benefits me directly. However, paying for your ancestors while depending on your descendants to pay for you exclusively is one big pyramid scheme, especially if your ancestor generation has more people than your current generation and your descendants generation is smaller than you. It’s a lose lose situation for folks at the bottom of the pyramid. A portion of SSS should work more like an individual savings account.