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Yet today Social Security is treated like all the other trust funds of the Unified Budget. [citation needed] As a result of these changes, particularly the tax increases, the Social Security system began to generate a large short-term surplus of funds, intended to cover the added retirement costs of the "baby boomers".
Some have proposed that the Social Security system be modified to provide for the option of individual accounts (in effect, to make the system, at least in part, more like a defined contribution pension plan). Specifically, on February 2, 2005, President George W. Bush made Social Security a prominent theme of his State of the Union Address. [189]
Social Security Act of 1935; Other short titles: Social Security Act: Long title: An Act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment laws; to ...
On Sunday, August 14, Social Security turned 87 years old. The U.S. government first instituted the program on the same date in 1935 to eventually offer retirement, disability and survivor ...
If you're looking for insights into the current Social Security reform debate, a good place to start is the past. The program has been around nearly 90 years, since President Franklin Roosevelt ...
Enacted in 1935, Social Security has been one of the most successful programs in U.S. history. Many times, elderly Americans essentially had to rely on the kindness of others to keep them afloat.
While the establishment of Social Security predated the invention of the modern digital computer, punched card data processing was a mature technology, and the Social Security system made extensive use of automated unit record equipment from the program's inception. This allowed the Social Security Administration to achieve a high level of ...
You can apply for Social Security benefits online, by phone at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), or in person at your local Social Security office (appointments are recommended). You should ...