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In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. The law aimed to improve the economic security of all Americans. The act included a retirement pension program for those 65 years or older, unemployment insurance funded by employers, health insurance for people in financial distress, financial assistance for widows with children and financial assistance for individuals with disabilities. The next year, payroll tax deductions began to help fund the program.
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Reforming Social Security
Ensuring recipients receive benefits while financing Social Security
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Social Security Subject to Reductions
Two provisions reduce regular Social Security benefits
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Social Security: Finances and Policy Options
The history and current state of Social Security
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Social Security: The Trust Funds
Financing Social Security
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The Social Security Fairness Act
Repealing the WEP and GPO provisions
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What Congress Is Doing on Social Security Reform
What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
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Pros and Cons of the BITCOIN Act
Boosting U.S. financial strength vs. favoring one cryptocurrency
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Pros and Cons of H.R. 9495
Cutting terrorist funding vs. politically targeting tax-exempt groups
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Pros and Cons of the BITCOIN Act
Boosting U.S. financial strength vs. favoring one cryptocurrency
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