Read economist Dean Baker's fantasic summary of why Social Security is a great investment. You're right Dean!
More Social Security info:
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Social Security: The Phony Crisis
Brad Delong's blog
Paul Krugman archives on Social Security
Excellent Roger Lowenstein article
The Social Security Administration
Government Benefits website
Do-it-yourself Social Security privatization
Why wait for government to privatize Social Security? If you want to join my "Privatized Privatization" movement and sell your own Social Security rights, send email to
I'm working with various investment professionals on a way to sell aggregated benefits from groups of individuals. This will mitigate risk and present a more reliably steady return for SSC holders.