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Social Security was originally introduced as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal pacakage of reforms, which were intended to remedy problems which had been caused by the Great Depression. Certain groups of people were particularly vulnerable to poverty, and one of these groups was (and remains) the elderly. Most people, if they live to a sufficiently advanced age, will eventually have to retire as a result of declining health. Yet, most people are never able to save up enough money to be able to support themselves in their retirement - particularly because they don't really know how many years that will be, anyway. The previous practice, prior to Social Security, was for the elderly to depend upon their children to support them, but that often didn't work very well, particularly during times of economic difficulty such as the Great Depression, when people had enough trouble taking care of themselves without having to also worry about their elderly parents. And of course, not everybody has children anyway. Some people have no children, some people outlive their children, and some people have children who are either not willing or not able to help their parents anyway. With social security, people might not have as much money as they used to have before retirement, but at least they would not be in a state of desperate poverty, having nothing.
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Which president signed the Social Security bill?
fdr Franklin D. Roosevelt for the ones that dont know what that sais..
Was president eisenhower was responsible for social security act?
No, that was Franklin Roosevelt twenty years earlier.
Who was the President that proposed the Social Security Act of 1935?
FRD was the President it is part of his New Deal
How did president franklin d roosevelt programs help the usa?
One program that was one of Franklin D Roosevelt's greatest accomplishments was starting the Social Security System. This program helped to bring the suffering Americans out of the Great Depression.
Who enacted social security?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935. This legislation established the Social Security program in the United States.
Who developed the social security act?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was President on August 14th 1935 when Social Security became law what Party was this President?
Franklin Roosevelt was the President in 1935 and he was a Democrat. (You can thank or curse the Democrats for most of the federal social spending initiatives.)
Why would president Franklin Roosevelt would be considered a contributor and a great American?
He moved the nation out of a depression, fought a war, and helped create social security.
Who was Americas leader during the world war 2?
Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt was in a wheelchair as he had contracted polio before election. He surived but was crippled. He broguht America out of the Great Depression and started that whole 'Social Security' thing. General George C. Marshall
What party started medicare or social security?
The Democratic Party under President Franklin D Roosevelt (for Social Security, 1935), and the same party under Lyndon Johnson for Medicare (1965).
What was one thing that Franklin D Roosevelt did as a president?
FDR did a lot as president, he created the CCC and other groups to improve the country which helped people get jobs and i think he also created social security.
What is left of Franklin D Roosevelt Legacy?
Most notably? Social Security.
