Monday, August 09, 2010

Social Security approaches its 75th anniversary - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com

Social Security approaches its 75th anniversary - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com: "They remember the difficult years when old age took place in a bleak, Dickensian landscape of need dotted with poor houses for those whose families couldn't support them. And they remember the difference that Social Security made in ordinary people's lives.

They also remember their parents' fears that Social Security amounted to socialism. Yet on the edge of the program's 75th anniversary, most of them can't imagine retirement without the small cushion of funds and dignity that Social Security provides."

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