Found this on FB today. On the wall of a friend who is an intelligent, talented lawyer and photographer. I'm baffled and disappointed in her choice to post this, because I know that critical thinking is her livelihood. She must be on vacation or something, surely.

Srsly. Is this the best liberal hand-wringers can do? Now I've got proof positive that the left is nuttier than Grandma's homemade peanut butter cookies. Hello, people- if you were a kid who needed to make it thru college, and you had the horrific misfortune of losing your father at such a young age, what would *you* do with the death benefit payout?

There is no hypocrisy here. Nor any evil money-grubbing or "hey, it was OK for me, but not for you!" foolishness. He was a kid who invested his money wisely, and then as he grew in intellectual prowess, came to understand how social security is a top-heavy, unsustainable, problematic burden for our American society. Of course it needs revamped or done away with! Better yet, let's give people the freedom to choose their own retirement plans, instead of having them forcibly shoved down our throats.   It's called personal responsibility. You're a healthy, capable citizen and you didn't pay into your retirement years? Too bad so sad! It is not Big Brother's job to take care of you. It's yours.