Whether I can be successful or not by my own initiative and drive is neither here nor there, the crux of the issue is thus: If I'm not going to be seeing the fulfillment of those Statist promises, ie. collect back on Social Security/Medicare 45 years down the road, then why must I continue, under threat of violent force, to hand over the wealth I earned through my own efforts into said empty promise?
One of things on my wish list in life is to see the whole SS/welfare/medicare ponzi scheme implode.
Short of taxing 100% of every working person's income or implementing a Logan's Run style treatment of old people, its going to cease to exist in its current form in 10-15 years (if not sooner!) Its not sustainable, it never was. It was built on the leftist hedonistic value of live for today because you will be dead before the bill come due.
As far as having to pay into it? Well you really don't have a choice unless you eek out a living outside of the normal system.
