That's conflating the goal of forcing people to save for retirement versus providing a social safety net. Plus how is SS socialist? The entire idea is that it's universal, meaning that it is not subject to means testing. I think in a sane system Warren Buffett would get bupkis from SS (and Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, etc.) at the same time that he still has to pay into it.
That's conflating the goal of forcing people to save for retirement versus providing a social safety net. Plus how is SS socialist? The entire idea is that it's universal, meaning that it is not subject to means testing. I think in a sane system Warren Buffett would get bupkis from SS (and Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, etc.) at the same time that he still has to pay into it.
That's conflating the goal of forcing people to save for retirement versus providing a social safety net. Plus how is SS socialist? The entire idea is that it's universal, meaning that it is not subject to means testing. I think in a sane system Warren Buffett would get bupkis from SS (and Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, etc.) at the same time that he still has to pay into it.
And for the specific scenario Deroy Murdock described how is SS not regressive?