“Why FDR? That is a worse suggestion than Sagan.”
Are you against Social Security? What about his leadership during WWll. Most of what he did has been accepted by almost everyone. The things that didn’t work out or were wrong for the times have largely been replaced. He was a very important historical figure in his own right. He died when he was only 62 so it would of been good to have him around longer.
Are you suggesting Truman was worse than FDR?
Once social security is in place, it is kind of hard to get out of place.
There is no nice way to take apart a developed Ponzi scheme. That is a large part of why what he did is accepted by everyone.
That said, it is better if society is structured in such a way that families take care of their own; when the family can’t do it, local folks step in as the next means of support; finally, if a particular locality is very impoverished, then richer areas may step in and supplement.
Those that wander from what, in Catholic Social Teaching, is termed the “principle of subsidiarity” (let the smallest capable unit handle what it is capable of) do so at their own peril.
Yeah his leadership in WWII. Go Yalta. There is a reason only you have mentioned FDR, but Patton (Jr.) has come up about a 100 times.