John Boehner R-Ohio, says use Social Security funds to pay for war

[Riot]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Nope. That might have been the original motivations of some legitimately kind, but misguided, people.

It persists not because "some Americans care about their fellow citizens", but because all Americans are coerced into surrendering about 16% of their income to the program. I deliberately say 16% because the "you pay 8% and your employer pays 8%" is utter nonsense. The employee pays it all, just like every other tax. You can bin it up any way you like, but the fact is your employer, should you be enough of a sucker to work, views it as "the cost to employ John Q. Public"

I would say Social Security persists because the majority of American citizens over the past 70 years have wanted it to persist. If they did not want it, they could easily have elected representatives that would repeal it. They haven't.