"Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?"
March 24, 2025
In the beginning, no. Now? Mostly yes. But there are a couple of differences and they're nicely stated by David Henderson:
There are two main differences between Ponzi’s original scam and the Social Security system. The first difference is that Social Security is run by government and, whatever its constitutionality and its questionable ethics, is legal. The second difference follows from the first: Whereas Ponzi had to rely on suckers, the government can and does use force.