a disgrace

Admittedly, I'm no financial wizard, but somehow I've always understood Social Security to be a system where we pay present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. In the words of Vinny Barbarino...

I'm so confused because John McCain says...

"Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace and it's got to be fixed."

Wha? Social Security is a "disgrace"? I hope McCain makes that his bumper sticker.