75 Years Ago Today Social Security Became Law

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http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/gordonskene/case-you-forgot-what-august-14-1935-wa

In Case You Forgot What August 14, 1935 Was All About . . .Social Security
By Gordonskene Saturday Aug 14, 2010 8:24am

(FDR - HR 7260 saved a few million people and still does.)

Lest we all forget, August 14, 1935 was the day HR 7260, The Social Security Act of 1935 passed into law, after a series of knock-down drag-out battles.

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And seventy-five years later, it's still around, still bashed, still attacked, and still saving the majority of Americans hitting 65.

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http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1974334_1974337,00.html

Social Security, 1935
By LAURA FITZPATRICK Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010

The rhetoric of the bilious debate over Social Security sounds awfully familiar. To President Roosevelt, the program to provide pensions for Americans age 65 and older was a safety net for families getting crushed by the Great Depression. To his critics, it was a job killer. When he proposed it in 1935, the former head of the chamber of commerce, Silas Hardy Strawn, dubbed the plan an effort "to Sovietize America." Other critics cried socialism, and Senator Daniel Hastings of Delaware said passing the plan would "end the progress of a great country." Despite such dire predictions, most Americans supported the program, and Social Security sailed through both houses of Congress with votes to spare. Roosevelt signed it into law on Aug. 14, 1935.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1974334_1974337,00.html

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1. National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

http://www.ncpssm.org/news/archive/vp_cutting_ss_benefits/

Mission Statement of the National Committee

The mission of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, a membership organization, is to protect, preserve, promote, and ensure the financial security, health, and the well being of current and future generations of maturing Americans.

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare acts in the best interests of its members through advocacy, education, services, grassroots efforts, and the leadership of the Board of Directors and professional staff.

The efforts of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare are directed toward developing better-informed citizens and voters.

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2. K&R ..... not many history buffs here, I guess.