[GeronL]

Just think what her deceased husband could have done with his hard-earned income over his decades of work if he had been able to take those SS taxes and invest them in the company pension plan

Company plan or a competing 'pension bank'. Companies have been known to skim off retirement accounts, imagine competing pension banks whose interest is in..well.. higher interest for accounts.

[anniegetyourgun]

While there are those exceptions of fraud and theft in the company pension plans (and even more examples of union pension absconding), it's not been the norm. I think it will be less so with the changes the prez stumped for and got passed congress in last session.

But, the bottom line that we agree on = SS is a BAD investment.