Originally Posted by
Alarial
Social security accounts still draw interest, it's not just sitting there. Also, had we invested that money in the stock markets like people wanted to 10 years ago, we'd be in even worse conditions currently (especially if we did it with more than just the SS money, which we've already leant out to other programs).
It's not really up for debate: Recent history has shown us that it would have been disasterous for us to have taken that path. It's like you're asking people to bet on black in roulette, after you just watched your best friend lose his life savings on black.
There are very good ways to profit and use the stock market and invest in our economy, however specific aspects of our government need to be safeguarded and kept in the low yield, high security area of finance (similar to your personal finances, some is high risk, high yield, other is low risk, low yield).