Social Security and Medicare are not “benefits you earned.” They are not the return of some personal account. They are intergenerational transfer mechanisms—mandatory extractions from younger workers to older cohorts. What you paid in was never saved for you; it was spent immediately on those before you. Any payout you receive comes from those after you.
Calling this a “benefit” is moral camouflage. It disguises compulsory redistribution as reciprocity.
Whether the lawmakers who built the system were Christians, or the administrators are Christians, or the recipients are Christians, the structure doesn’t become righteous. Coercive redistribution is not charity. It is not covenantal care. It is not voluntary generosity. It is a forced taking backed by state power.
We may be compelled by law to pay into this system, but we are not compelled to sanctify it. And we are not compelled to take from our grandchildren what was taken from us. If one desires to remain righteous, the duty is clear: refuse the fruits of coerced labor extracted from the next generation.
