This may come as a shock, but Ron Paul is right.
The central government is allowed ONLY those powers granted to it by the Constitution. Since Social Security, or any other “entitlement” or assistance program, is not among those powers, Social Security is therefore illegal.
Who cares if the law was passed by a mistaken Congress, signed into law by a mistaken President or supported by a mistaken Supreme Court? A mistake was made by FDR and has not yet been corrected.
The problem is Ron Paul insists on an all or nothing approach to reaching our goals.
Ron Paul votes against any intermediate steps (from privitizing parts of social security to welfare reform that would reduce the number on the welfare rolls) on the grounds that the only constitutional way to deal with things like this is to eliminate them 100%—immediately; right now; this very minute.
That unrealistic approach only guarantees that those programs remain in their current state forever.
Ron Paul always operates in “the perfect is the enemy of the good” mode. A solution can be good, excellent, or even outstanding, but if it isn’t perfect, Paul will vote against it—thus ensuring the status quo (however awful it is) wins.