"Dave" wrote

Fact is that FDR's little Ponzi scheme is finally heading for the point
all
Ponzi schemes ultimately reach, when there aren't enough new suckers
coming
in to make good on the promises made to the first suckers.


And helped along by 3 Republican Administrations that hate the idea in
the first place and have done all they could to undermine & destroy it.

Vito wrote:
True, but remember that the purpose of this ponzi scheme was to take older
people out of the work force to provide jobs for the young who, in return,
footed the bill.


Partly... also partly to ensure that those who were in poverty & too old
to work didn't just starve by the side of the road.

DSK