Correct on all counts, but in fairness to the greatest generation, SocSec was originally pushed as in “insurance policy” for your old age. The same way 0bamacare was originally pushed as “insurance reform”. The difference between now and then is that we have the Internet and talk radio not to mention the benefit of our grandparents past experiences being screwed by these progressives. The American people, armed with that knowledge, overwhelmingly rejected 0bamacare and it STILL was forced through. How much harder was it for our grandparents to see through FDR and his looter government.
People knew at the time that the “insurance” characterization was a lie. In any event, every voter has an obligation to get to the bottom these things. That generation did sell us out.