I&#x27;d be careful about the use of the term ponzi scheme.<p>I think it&#x27;s a rather dangerous example of doublespeak: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Doublespeak" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Doublespeak</a><p>Social Security exactly fits the definition of a Ponzi Scheme[1], has serious sustainability issues[2], and could do far more damage to hundreds of millions  of people if it were to collapse.<p>No one is going after the people running Social Security though it is far more dangerous.<p>[1] &quot;operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the operator.&quot;<p>[2] Social Security is a Ponzie Scheme: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Social_Security_(United_States)#Claim_that_it_is_a_Ponzi_scheme" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Social_Security_(United_States...</a>