“There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution empowering the Federal Government to perpetrate this fraud.”
There is no one thing, but there are two.
The revenue side:
“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”
Amendment XVI
The payout side:
“The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States”
Article IV, Property Clause
Amendment XVI [the power to extract money] and Article IV [the power to spend money] together give Congress the power to run welfare systems.
I suppose I could write Shakespeare with the Consitution if I just pick and choose words at random. Your two excerpts don’t even remotely add up to Social Security, even if they were placed directly together in writing.
I could use what you strung together to create income tax-funded death-camps, according to your logic.
Fortunately, there are limitations in the Constitution on the Federal Government over what it can do with its powers, at least supposedly.