the social security are paid by active working class. for those seniors (includes their spouse) who pay their share when they were working deserve to get social security. we are paying that because they is a "preception" that we will get paid by the future generation.
Their children are paying the social security because, according to the system, they will be paid when they retire, not got retributed by their parents and relatives at this moment. wonder why social security will go bankcrupt.