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If you are for socialism, or communism, then social security is your program. When it needs more money, take more from the people. (Take from the rich if you like playing Robin Hood) If you like capitalism, then end social security by moving to private accounts that the government cannot access. Force safe investments in the private accounts and it becomes a mandatory retirement investment program, which forces the average person into a savings program. Government should not need to do this, but if the socialists are correct about some people being too dumb to save for themselves then the government needs to do at least this. Of course people would do better saving for themselves if the program went away. And they are doing more saving for themselves with the threat of bankruptcy hanging over the program. But it basically comes down to socialism or capitalism.