Social Security: Efficient, Free of Fraud/Abuse, and Risk-Alleviating

I found this post on a liberal blog both hilariously out of touch and troublingly widely accepted by liberals as true.  Characterizing the Social Security Ponzi scheme run by our government as efficient, without fraud or abuse, and having the positive effect of bailing out those who, as a result of of SS, feel free to take unreasonable risks with their future, is so far out of touch with reality that I don't think any responsive comments by me are even needed. 

The absurdity of this position speaks for itself.  So here are your three paragraphs of complete, blissful ignorance...

"Why our elites and media elites have such sheer contempt and hatred for social security. It’s there for everyone! It’s a solid government program which gives everyone the peace of mind that no matter what, there will be some money available for you to take care of yourself in your most vulnerable years. It’s such a miniscule portion of the taxes we pay, and for the ultra-rich screamers who hate social security the most, it’s a negligible portion of their income, and it’s capped! It’s not money wasted on fraud and abuse, it’s extremely efficient with the kind of overhead any charity or organization in the world would die to achieve, and it’s just an amazing program.

I’d argue that social security also helps innovation and entrepreneurship, because people can take wild risks opening businesses and if everything fails, they still will have the peace of mind to know that some of their most basic needs will be met due to their participation in the program.

There are a lot of things I can understand people getting mad about (I may not agree with them, but I can understand it), but this program simply is not one of them. Yet social security is under constant assault, with ridiculous amounts of hand-wringing and lying about the program. It’s insane."