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Post #353,876
by beepster
2/1/12 11:42:21 AM
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New Bzzzt
it was initially a "Widowers fund" created so the widows wouldn't starve when their husbands died


The initial law did not include survivor benefits. They were added 4 yrs later.

http://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html

It was a retirement program for workers.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #353,879
by mmoffitt
2/1/12 12:58:41 PM
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New Bzzzt back.
Keep in mind, however, that the Social Security Act itself was much broader than just the program which today we commonly describe as "Social Security." The original 1935 law contained the first national unemployment compensation program, aid to the states for various health and welfare programs, and the Aid to Dependent Children program


You're correct thought. It didn't pay survivor benefits until 4 years after it started.
     lets see who is for helping the poor and who wants to - (boxley) - (43) - Jan. 26, 2012, 09:40:51 PM EST
         $2k in assetts =/= $2k in the bank. HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 26, 2012, 09:58:15 PM EST
         Scale - (drook) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2012, 10:48:39 PM EST
             nope in a previous post I pointed out that by removing - (boxley) - Jan. 27, 2012, 09:08:06 AM EST
         seems like we have faux liberals here -NT - (boxley) - (39) - Jan. 26, 2012, 11:26:17 PM EST
             It seems some of those trolling are losing their MoJo. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (38) - Jan. 27, 2012, 07:29:03 AM EST
                 Nope, it appears that you support class envy but not change - (boxley) - (37) - Jan. 27, 2012, 09:05:19 AM EST
                     Taxes pay for the safety net, that's what it's for - (drook) - (36) - Jan. 27, 2012, 01:02:00 PM EST
                         ditto -NT - (lincoln) - Jan. 27, 2012, 06:34:21 PM EST
                         so steal from the rich and the poor to enjoy yer lifestyle - (boxley) - (33) - Jan. 28, 2012, 10:25:46 AM EST
                             OK - (drook) - (32) - Jan. 28, 2012, 11:46:41 AM EST
                                 Box only listens in Republican - (lincoln) - Jan. 28, 2012, 03:54:36 PM EST
                                 tax is not the right word - (boxley) - (30) - Jan. 28, 2012, 06:40:44 PM EST
                                     Let's spitball some numbers - (drook) - (26) - Jan. 29, 2012, 11:06:11 AM EST
                                         your numbers dont add up - (boxley) - Jan. 29, 2012, 09:53:51 PM EST
                                         now I think you missed what I was saying - (boxley) - (24) - Jan. 29, 2012, 09:59:00 PM EST
                                             Chicken feed - (drook) - (23) - Jan. 29, 2012, 10:26:52 PM EST
                                                 so again, you want the rich to subsidize the bourgeois - (boxley) - (22) - Jan. 30, 2012, 08:53:31 AM EST
                                                     s/ at the expense of / in addition to / ____ hope that helps -NT - (drook) - (21) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:46:52 AM EST
                                                         not really, the safety net was not built for the middleclass - (boxley) - (20) - Jan. 30, 2012, 04:36:15 PM EST
                                                             No - (drook) - (19) - Jan. 30, 2012, 05:58:13 PM EST
                                                                 So you should be able to have someone richer than you pay - (boxley) - (18) - Jan. 30, 2012, 07:04:44 PM EST
                                                                     Do you want to talk macro or micro? - (drook) - (17) - Jan. 30, 2012, 08:31:57 PM EST
                                                                         hmm, thats not how this thread started - (boxley) - (16) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:06:17 PM EST
                                                                             No it won't. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:18:05 PM EST
                                                                                 Yup, scale -NT - (drook) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:25:01 PM EST
                                                                                 so its okay to get freebies from the government - (boxley) - (7) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:26:44 PM EST
                                                                                     SS and Medicare aren't freebies. Open your ears. -NT - (Another Scott) - (6) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:28:55 PM EST
                                                                                         you open yours - (boxley) - (5) - Jan. 30, 2012, 09:37:36 PM EST
                                                                                             What's your complaint? What problem are you solving? - (drook) - Jan. 30, 2012, 10:00:20 PM EST
                                                                                             ... - (Another Scott) - Jan. 30, 2012, 10:18:32 PM EST
                                                                                             That's only 1/2 the equasion.... - (S1mon_Jester) - (2) - Feb. 1, 2012, 10:14:12 PM EST
                                                                                                 Delaying Medicare won't save money. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 1, 2012, 10:33:11 PM EST
                                                                                                     I like Krugman - (S1mon_Jester) - Feb. 1, 2012, 11:58:01 PM EST
                                                                             Re: stealing. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Feb. 1, 2012, 09:50:58 AM EST
                                                                                 Re: stealing. - (folkert) - (1) - Feb. 1, 2012, 10:20:13 AM EST
                                                                                     No, I'm a Marxist. Ask nearly anybody on this board. ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 1, 2012, 01:01:17 PM EST
                                                                                 Bzzzt - (beepster) - (1) - Feb. 1, 2012, 11:42:21 AM EST
                                                                                     Bzzzt back. - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 1, 2012, 12:58:41 PM EST
                                                                                 money he wasnt paying taxes on otherwise the gummint gets it -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 1, 2012, 04:50:48 PM EST
                                     ?????? - (lincoln) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2012, 04:44:16 PM EST
                                         I noticed your second sentence - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2012, 07:05:49 PM EST
                                             I'm seriously... - (folkert) - Jan. 31, 2012, 07:34:34 AM EST
                         Yup. - (Another Scott) - Jan. 28, 2012, 12:25:07 PM EST

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