The less risky an investment is, the lower the interest rate will be. Trying to argue otherwise is like bragging about building a perpetual motion machine.<p>Even if you were willing to take the financial risk, would you be willing to take the political risk? The U.S. government being on the board of almost every big company, because it would have a large stake? Would the government let companies fail, if people's social security would take a hit?<p>Imagine a president able to reward any campaign contributor by just having SS buy his companies stock.<p>Gah. Social Security is a big enough political football as it is.