Social Security like a house of cards

Since when is Social Security considered an entitlement? This was a policy designed by the Roosevelt administration to help people who have or had no retirement funds or plans.

It really is a tax on the working man. In 1955, after a lawsuit by a contributor to obtain his funds, the Supreme Court stated that the money did not belong to him.

Social Security cannot be avoided. It is taxed on all wages and other forms of earned income. Originally, this was a good idea; however, the same establishment that set up Social Security ruined it.

The program has morphed into a government piggy bank that can be spent for other government programs. The government has assured it participants that the money will be there when they need it. As we see, this house of cards is starting to collapse under its own weight. Its implosion will certainly hurt the people it was designed to protect.

Robert A. Vlazny

Hoffman Estates