[Wayland]

Do you know who made the "promise" to which you refer?

When was it made?

Did the person making the promise have authority to make it?

Wasn't SS supposed to be a safety net?

[Brilliant]

For example

Hillary Clinton

http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/columns/hrc021799.html

Senator Patty Murray

http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=189431

President Bush

http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush_Social_Security.htm

I got these off Google in just a few seconds. You can find thousands of similar statements by politicians. They are selling it to the voters as a promise. And they are running the government. And they've been doing it for 60 years. If they break their promise now, then someone is going to hang.