Social security is what the name implies. It was never intended to be sole support and it was never intended to be the same as an investment vehicle. Sure if you had your money to invest you might be getting a check for 4x as much now and on the other hand if things went south you could be getting less than you do now. That was the point. You would be guaranteed something no matter what happened which when looked at in light of the great depression where so many lost everything guaranteed a minimum income. Your savings and investments make up the rest. What no savings or investments? Shame on you. That's the conservative way anyway. You need to be responsible for yourself and if you are not too bad.

If you want Govt off your back and the nanny state then you don't get to pick and choose programs because YOU like one and not the other. You want them all gone.