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frazzled

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9. Yes, that was my point

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 12:18 AM

Nov 2013

For all the criticism about a website—something completely ancillary to the actual law and benefits--and about the relatively minuscule number of "losers" -- we all know that in 5 or 10 or 20 years, people will be as attached to the ACA as they have become to Social Security. Nothing is perfect in the beginning. It's a process.

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How Social Security was rolled out - November 24th, 1936 [View all] canoeist52 Nov 2013 OP

In my youth, getting your Social Security card was a rite of passage. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

My mom handed me my SS card when I was 11-12ish... Cooley Hurd Nov 2013 #3

Cool. That was what we did, that was when we still believed in America and America believed in us... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #5

That is what my mom did too. zeemike Nov 2013 #7

The SS website has some excellent narratives of the history of SS BumRushDaShow Nov 2013 #2

On the back of my father-in-law's card was hand-typed canoeist52 Nov 2013 #4

There were definite losers in the original rollout frazzled Nov 2013 #6

Right, but considering they started with nothing, this was a huge first step mountain grammy Nov 2013 #8

Yes, that was my point frazzled Nov 2013 #9