Then and now: A look back at Social Security’s 80-year history
The program's anniversary underscores its crucial role in retirement security.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 80 years ago on Aug. 14, 1935. Over the past eight decades, the Social Security program has expanded from a retirement program for workers to a broader safety net that includes dependent benefits for spouses and minor children,
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