Some of the problems with Social Security: it was fashioned during the Great Depression and FDR did not want to pull too much money from the economy, two he didn't want it to be a socialist program but rather one in which the people financed it not the government. Three, FDR did not want the Republicans to be able to cancel it when they regained office. The program also had to stop the Townsend plan and other ideas that were gaining backers, and finally in a democracy the government seldom creates a perfect program, in that it must have some appeal to both sides of the Congress.
And, your conclusion, Perry?