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.
> 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...
No, because Ponzi schemes eventually run out of money. But SS is only broke on paper; the government will fund it from the general revenue when the time comes.
We'll just print trillions to save SS and Medicare, the same way we've been/will be printing trillions for Covid relief, unemployment, reparations, foreign aid, bank bailouts, Wall Street bailouts, housing bailouts, government employee pensions, etc.