“How about the fact that SS is taken from our checks our whole working lives? “
They take taxes from your check to fund all manner of welfare.
Anyone who thinks there is a lock box, or that they are “saving” for retirement via Social Security is deluded.
Social Security is a means-tested welfare program for the elderly.
It is nothing else.
By the time I retire I’ll have contributed to SS for more than 50 years; you should want me to get back as much as possible. Lockbox or not, IT WAS MY MONEY.