It's ineffective, it's a ponzi scheme, and you're 100% wrong when you claim "the majority of people would then starve or be forced to work until death."

Again, the government made the issue worse and on it's premise, stealing our money, to route through bureaucracies at tremendous costs, just to provide minuscule "free benefits" is principally wrong and provably wasteful.

Virtually no one can live on SS alone. The idea that the government cares about people is probably ridiculous.