Social Security reaches 75th anniversary of first monthly retirement check
Retirement benefits underscore the value of lifetime income, inflation protection.
Let me take a moment to acknowledge a historic event. Jan. 31 marks the 75th anniversary of the first monthly Social Security retirement check. Ida May Fuller, a legal secretary from Vermont, received the first monthly old-age benefit of $22.54 under the then-new Social Security law. The check was d
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