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The American social security system (1949) comprehensive old overview. Burns, Eveline M. Toward Social Security: An Explanation of the Social Security Act and a Survey of the Larger Issues (1936) online; Davies, Gareth, and Martha Derthick. "Race and social welfare policy: The Social Security Act of 1935." Political Science Quarterly 112.2 ...
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 ...
1967 - Social Security Act Amendments, Pub. L. 90–248 1969 - Tax Reform Act of 1969 , Pub. L. 91–172 1971 - Social Security Amendments, Pub. L. 92–5
The Social Security Act was signed in August 1935 to provide benefits for older Americans, and the program has been going (relatively) strong ever since.
The Social Security Act was passed in 1935, [2] and the existing version of the Act, as amended, [3] encompasses several social welfare and social insurance programs. The average monthly Social Security benefit for September 2023 was $1,706. [ 4 ]
That all changed 87 years ago with the Social Security Act, which created an insurance fund to provide a basic income for workers who had passed their earning years. Today, the program remains the ...
This was confirmed in 1937, when Roosevelt appointed Altmeyer as chairman of the board. Altmeyer hired Wilbur J. Cohen as an aide, and Frank Bane as first executive director of the Social Security Board. Altmeyer was the principal advocate for changes to the Social Security Act in 1939.
Compared with the social security systems in western European countries, the Social Security Act of 1935 was rather conservative. But for the first time the federal government took responsibility for the economic security of the aged, the temporarily unemployed, dependent children and the handicapped. [ 108 ]