The nuttiness here is that SS is supposed to be a safety net above and beyond individual savings, to provide a nation-wide level of minimum security. And it is NOT much. But it prevents people from starving on street corners and allowing them to buy dogfood and register the Buick. THat's about it.

THe concept of turning it private is absurd, and means those who promote it do not understand the history behindthe thing in the first place.


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