P. J. O'Rourke Quote

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.

PARLIAMENT OF WHORES A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government (ed. 1991)