I’ve been shitting on Social Security for years now, and every single time, I’m told ad fucking nauseam: “It’s MY money! I paid into it!” Really? Then why would we need to raise taxes on everyone else just to give you “your” money? Because it’s NOT your money. Your money was spent almost as soon as it came in. Today’s workers are paying for yesterday’s retirees. It’s a massive, government run Ponzi scheme. And now, one of the largest generations in American history is collecting benefits. In a traditional Ponzi scheme, this is where everything implodes: when there aren’t enough new investors coming in to pay off the old ones. But there’s one crucial difference. This one is backed by the federal government. And when there aren’t enough new people paying into the system, the government has something Bernie Madoff never had: The power to force the next generation to pay more, at gunpoint. Exactly like I’ve been saying for years.