They used the vehicle of a public bond to cover their tracks. At the same time when they take a dollar and send it to someone receiving Social Security they retire that dollar from the pool of bonds that constitute the debt TO Social Security.
There's a $6 trillion overhang of funds collected but not spent on Social Security.
The fifth amendment says ~ bwahahahaha ~ "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation". Get over that hurdle and we'll talk. In the meantime I think I'll review the two or three cases undergirding the federales prerogatives regarding social security ~
The “private property” spoken of in the Fifth has nothing to do with taxation. It refers only to real estate confiscated for public use. The Constitution speaks elsewhere of taxation.