My first job at 13 was working in the neighborhood grocery/deli, delivering, stocking shelves and using the cash register. The owner would have fired me in a NY minute if I screwed up. So, you're wrong. Not the first time and won't be the last.
The basic premise is correct. SocSec is a ponzi scheme. Next time, try thinking like a conservative and leave the comic books closed.
Btw, I said "many Americans have an entitlement mentality" and don't want to see any reform. Not all, however. Not certain what you mean by "OWNERS". Maybe you meant, ownership. Either way, the gov't owes people who paid into SocSec the money they had confiscated from them by the Feds.
The error is in thinking people are motivated by "entitlement".
Hardly.
People are entitled to proceeds from insurance policies, from inheritance, and so forth.
When it comes to being "motivated" they aren't about to quit their day jobs waiting around on insurance payments to kick in or Aunt Lucy to pass on to her final reward. If they do we consider them exceedingly unusual.
We might note that people feel ownership about the money in their pocket or savings accounts. They are motivated to do harm to those who take it away from them.
But "entitled"? To what? To money?