[legion]

So...sounds like people would like to "opt-out" of Social Security.

This would help reduce the burden on the system, as people like myself would give up the right to benefits.

It will never fly.

People like me are actively preparing for retirement and not counting on a dime from Social Security to begin with. I am just the kind of person Social Security needs to shift its burden to to stay afloat. People who would choose to "opt-in" are probably the least prepared for retirement. That would shift the burden to the least prepared members of society while the well-prepared flee the system.

The ideal solution, from Social Security's perspective, is to make someone like me continue to pay into the system, and get me to forfeit benefits. Then it can become the wealth-redistribution system it has always wanted to become...