BY: CHAD KENT
Chad Kent Speaks

There has been a lot of discussion about Social Security ever since Gov. Rick Perry called it a Ponzi scheme at last week’s Republican presidential debate. Despite the fact that political pundits are still discussing the issue, it’s clear to anyone being realistic that Social Security is definitely a Ponzi Scheme so it’s not even worth debating the topic.

The question we should be asking is, “Does Social Security violate your rights?” Again the answer is “yes” – and it does so in two different ways.

First, Social Security violates your Right to Liberty* by forcing you to participate in a program that you may not want to participate in (and if you’re under 35 you’d have to be a moron to want to). Second, it violates your Right to Property by confiscating the money that you have earned and spending it on your behalf.

You might say, “Well I like Social Security and I would voluntarily participate and put my money into it. So it’s not a violation of my rights.” Good for you… but that doesn’t change anything. Freedom is choice. The very fact that you aren’t given the choice of whether or not to participate is in itself a violation of your rights.

Over the years I’ve had people tell me, “You may not like it, but a majority of the people do. It was passed legally by Congress and signed by the President. You can’t complain just because you’re in the minority.” That argument is by far the most frightening.

Even if the majority of people love Social Security and it was passed legally – what authority does any group of people have to get together and force you to do something against your will?

If it is the will of the majority that dictates what is acceptable and not your rights as a human being, then would slavery be justified as long as the majority approved it and it was passed legally?

Remember, at its most basic level government is people. It was created by people and it is run by people.

To make this a little simpler, imagine a situation where five random people are just living in nature. What right would four of those people have to gang up on the fifth and force him to do something against his will? Absolutely none.

So why would it make that same situation acceptable if those same four people got together and called themselves a government first… and then went after the fifth person and forced him to do something against his will?

If the government can force me to participate in a failing Ponzi scheme, then what else can the voters of this country force me to do? If we don’t stand up against this (arguably) minor violation** of your rights, that will only make it easier to justify greater violations in the future.

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* Right to Liberty – as the owner of your life and your body you have a right to do whatever you choose with yourself or to yourself as long as you don’t violate the rights of another person.

** There are no “minor” violations of your rights.