Franklin Delano Roosevelt claimed that Social Security would promote the common welfare and the economic stability of the nation. And it has. Social Security has kept millions of seniors out of poverty and continues to do so. Today, Social Security provides monthly checks to more than 35, pardon me, 65 million beneficiaries who rely on it for food and other necessities. (00:40–00:45)
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Asserts that Social Security has historically kept millions of seniors out of poverty and continues to do so.
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