Ponzi scheme in Well now

A certain unelected unofficial has called Social Security a Ponzi scheme.
This is, of course, the first step in destroying it,
attempting to justify the destruction of an essential service that millions rely on
by saying it is corrupt and therefore should be destroyed.
Hmmm, interesting.

So, Oolong, you’re an inexplicably powerful unofficial
who is supposedly in charge of rooting out inefficiency and waste
(actually implementing ways to transfer funds from those who have little
up to those who have the most).
You’ve just declared that pretty much the entire population of this country
has fallen victim to a grand scam of unparalleled proportions.
If the American citizenry is the collective victim,
having been forced to give up a substantial portion of every dollar earned
for their entire working lives,
shouldn’t there be some government concern
that the perpetrator of this crime
be brought to justice
and help to heal the victims’ financial wounds?

Oh, wait.
If Social Security is indeed a Ponzi scheme
who is the criminal perpetrator?
Who passed the laws and created the institutions
that we were all compelled to contribute to
and, in return, they would help take care of when we became old
and needed it?
Who exactly was that?
And whose responsibility is it to set things to rights?

Oh dear,
if you believe Oolong’s Ministry of Misinformation doublespeak,
the perpetrator and the protector are one and the same
and we’re all pretty much screwed
because the solution Oolong and Mr. Maybelline (his bestest pal) have for the entire problem
is to destroy the entire institution
and abandon all the victims of the "Ponzi scheme"
to lives of unexpected geriatric poverty.
And we are all screwed.
Well, all but the 2%.

Except,
and hear me out here,
I think Oolong is - gulp - lying.

Whyever would he do that?
Whyever would Mr. Maybelline back him to the hilt?
What motive could they possibly have?

What motive could the richest 'man in the world
and the felonious convicted scam-master-in-chief have
for going after one of the biggest purses in the country?

Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme.
It is a flawed system that was conceived with excellent intent
and has been executed honestly by a government
trying to help keep people out of poverty.
It should not be destroyed or diminished.
It should be worked upon and made to work better.

I did not choose to put aside that money from my paycheck all my life,
but I did not object because I knew it was a contract
between myself and Social Security.
I paid and I was absolute in my belief that the money I needed 
would be there when I needed it most.
I and millions of others have kept up our end of the contract.

And all of this at the same time
that Mr. Maybelline is tanking the other half of most people's retirement savings,
the stock market. 

If I were one to believe in conspiracy theories,
why I might just see this as a conspiracy
or, perhaps,
an extraordinary blend of conspiracy, avarice, and stupidity.