[Daisyjane69]

This is an outrage!

[Daisyjane69]

more here:

http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/16084

http://thefundforpersonalliberty.org/

[NTHockey]

It is actually worse than that. SCOTUS ruled in Flemming v. Nestor that we have no “right” to SS benefits and that Congress could repeal the Act altogether.

The SCOTUS makes no mention of what the consequences of repealing the Act might be. I think it would make all the protests in the Middle East look like a church social.

[workerbee]

Part of the problem -- maybe the problem -- is that too many people don't understand how the system is supposed to work. They've grown up thinking that, yeah, the judges are the ones that make the rules. Lots of blame can be heaped on the abyssmal state of public education, but much of it is the fault of Congress/legislatures who don't want to risk making decisions that will cost them votes. They're just as happy to shirk their duty and punt it over to the courts. One big vicious circle that isn't going to lead anywhere good.