The Lie You Were Sold - Part 1

For nearly a century, Americans have been told Social Security is their safety net, a promise that if you work hard, pay in, and stay loyal, you’ll be taken care of in the end. But that promise was never real. It was a political invention built to fund the government, not protect the worker.

In this episode of Beyond the Workforce, David Thomas Graves exposes how Social Security was born out of desperation during the Great Depression — not as a retirement plan, but as a cleverly disguised tax pipeline. He breaks down how the system was designed to recycle your money into government spending, how inflation and demographics have gutted its foundation, and why your “benefits” are paid in devalued dollars.

From shrinking worker-to-retiree ratios to the myth of the trust fund, this episode reveals the uncomfortable truth: Social Security isn’t saving you, it’s spending you.

This is the great American illusion, and it’s time to see it for what it really is.

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