Great quotes are always defined by explaining the complex in simple language. This is one of the best, the state has nothing except the ability to take from individuals. Everyone who receives Social Security is spared the indignity of going to a working person and asking for a handout, but that is in fact what government has done on their behalf. Does this make anyone less of a beggar because there is an intermediary? Unless SS becomes a save for your own future system we are all destined to become beggars in our retirement.