Patty Myers from Montana has a message for Sen. Alan Simpson.

[Augiedog]

21. Spot on

Although the social security program is an entitlement. That is the way Franklin D. Roosevelt insisted that it be constructed. Think of it this way, you put YOUR money in your savings account, and yes your employers contribution is part of the paycheck that you earned.This money is YOURS and it earns interest. You are entitled to withdraw it because it is your money, you EARNED it period. The only role the federal government has in social security is to manage it. Politicians have no role in it except to steal your money which you are ENTITLED to because that is what criminals do, and why are we surprised that people, criminals, who have no discernible redeeming qualities steal our stuff? When someone steals your money at the point of a gun they go to prison, hopefully. When a politician steals your money with his, actually your, vote he gets another cash reward from the masters who own him. Sorta like a pit bull that bites the neighborhood kids whenever the master wants their candy. Social Security is one of the best programs ever and those wonderful, caring people on Wall Street can't wait to get their hands on it and like the pit bull, shake every dime loose from you, after all its just candy to them. And anyway if you need retirement cash you should have invested in a house or the stock market, after all the Government will insure you against all those losses just like they did for the big boys, right.