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Jan 25 2010

What is Social Security?

Question by Toby K : What is Social Security? What is Social Security?  A. A federal department created in the 1950s “to enhance the health and well-being of Americans by providing for effective health and human services”  B. A collection of programs created in 1935, particularly Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Hospital Insurance (OASDHI), partially financed by mandatory payroll taxes and provided for older and disabled Americans  C. A collection of social programs under President Franklin Roosevelt put together in the 1930s to lessen human misery while ending the economic downturn called the Great Depression  D. A collection of social programs under President Lyndon Johnson put together in the 1960s to improve life for needy Americans

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Answer by Philip McCrevice
E. A mandatory government sponsored welfare system If you work, you must support it in taxes. If you do not work, you get SS money. Otherwise known as “the gravy train of the Democratic base” since it is primarily funded by hard working Republicans.

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