Bull! The Social Security Administration is expected to spend over $600B in 2007, second only to Health and Human Services, and more than the entire Department of Defense.
Also, unlike income taxes, which are paid almost entirely by the rich and upper middle class, the Social Security Administration is funded primarily by the much larger numbers of lower wage earners. It's negative impact is much greater for these people, and is twice what it appears to be, when looking at a paycheck stub.
If it's such a good deal, why isn't it voluntary?
And they collect far more (probably somewhere in the range of $100B to $200B) than they spend.
I suppose if politicians are truly committed to helping the working poor, eliminate Socialist Security. That will never happen though...