There is no free lunch. Yes, this typical 66 year old couple probably paid their taxes, and paid social security, but society does not owe them $1 million in benefits.
It won’t last.
Actually, if every dollar I ever gave to social security was put in a modest bond fund, I’d have MUCH more than $1,000,000.
Ever hear of the rule of 72?
self employed people that have been reasonably successful over the course of 35 to 40 years will probably not get value for what they paid into the system.
How much was withheld? Why doesn’t the government just give that amount back to them as a lump sum?
Oh I know. Congress can’t raid the ‘lock box’ for illegal alien benefits if they do.
Is that why you oppose them getting the ‘benefit’ of their taxes?