When SS was started, a person had to be 65 years of age to draw however, the average life expectancy was 59 years. dim-0s knew this, and the plan was to rob working age Americans their entire working lives, only to have them die before becoming old enough to draw.
Cynic. Next thing you'll be saying is that the 401k is plot to control retirement savings so that they can be easily found and converted into government bonds at 3%.