you do realize that the people on ssd most likely have worked for most of their lives to contribute to social security. It's like insurance, it's not welfare. the people getting it are the ones who paid for it, you have to have so many quarters of working and paying into it to qualify. What gives you the idea that your tax dollars are being "blown" sher? Do no these people have the same rights to their privacy and how they spend their money as you do?