[SteveH]

> The short answer is- no you cannot sue or claim theft. Many years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Social Security payments are taxes. So the government can do what they want and say what they want to say, without fear of legal complications. To even the most causal observer, Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

Is the argument that the Supremes are infallible, like the pope?

—Because I have an 1857 counterexample for you...

[Vigilanteman]

Your 1857 counterexample was the Supreme Court ruling that triggered John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, right?

The chief justice of that court died almost exactly six month before Abraham Lincoln and did not see the end of the civil war said events triggered.