The Real Issue with Social Security

While not totally absent from the whole Social Security Debate, the argument for the Constitutionality of having it in the first place seems to have way too small a place for my taste. It's simple logic, and it's a simple matter of Constitutionality. I love how clearly Walter E. Williams makes the case here and here. Notably:

"There's a moral dimension to Social Security that few have the guts to address. What moral principle, consistent with liberty, justifies forcing a person to set aside a certain portion of his weekly earnings for retirement and jailing him if he fails to comply? Retirement isn't the only important item for which we should budget. How about a congressional mandate that we set aside a certain portion of our weekly earnings for housing, food, entertainment or our children's education?" [Emphasis mine]

A "right" was created where none should ever have been allowed, and the real rights of others were trampled in the process. Unfortunately that's the status quo from our government, and we as a country have become far too complacement about it.