What about my retirement?

James Taranto reports on a number of nearly identical letters to various papers protesting W.’s “plan to dismantle Social Security”, remarking that “great minds think alike”:

Great Minds Think Alike
Today's Arizona Republic carries the following "letter" from Nic Karlsson of Avondale:

President Bush is endangering my retirement and the retirements of millions of Americans by taking the first step in his plan to dismantle Social Security.

Recently, White House sources revealed their plan to cut promised benefits to retirees by nearly a third. And these cuts are guaranteed, whether you opt in to the Bush plan or not.

For those entering the workforce today, that means more than a 25 percent cut in the retirement benefits they're counting on; for their children, it guarantees a 46 percent cut.

We can't stand by and let George W. Bush and the Republicans cut our promised retirement benefits--especially when so many of us are counting on Social Security to help us lead a happy, healthy life when we retire.

Nearly identical letters appear in the Fargo (N.D.) Forum (from Faun Durni of Ellendale), the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette (Sandra Martin of Hurricane), the Tullahoma (Tenn.) News (William Brown of Manchester) and the Ventura County (Calif.) Star (Refugio Mata of Simi Valley).

Question to the authors of these letters: what about my retirement? Why is it all right for the government to endanger my retirement by taking away from my earnings from gainful employment just to “help” you lead a happy, healthy life?