Your argument is half correct. You paid, but you weren't actually paying for your own old-age welfare in advance, you were paying for your parents' and other folks' old-age welfare. That's the way the system was designed from the start. The money we've all paid in over the years was spent as fast as it came in. As such, current seniors are in reality receiving transfer payments from the current working generation. You may feel you are "owed" your old age welfare, but don't think that you are getting "your money" back, because it is long, long gone. You're getting your kid's and grandkids (mortgaged) money, which you most certainly didn't earn yourself.
Well if that is the case you should petition that no one recieves SSI because we did not earn it! Earn it? What I worked 52 hrs a week and it was taken from me. If I did not earn it to put in your pot who did! Why do I have a SSN that says I’m entitled to x amount! Evidently you did not earn it either! I would imagine you are no where near retirement and are so rich you will not need your SSI so send a letter to the SSI and terminate all your paid in and never recieve a dime!
That money could be used to support a few good illegals!