With the enactment of the Social Security act in 1935, this country promised Americans that if they worked hard and contributed to the program to support others when they retire or become disabled or lose a spouse, they will be taken care of, too. Social Security helps us provide for retirees, but also disabled workers, widows and widowers, spouses and children. 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. (00:20–00:29)
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Asserts that Social Security provides benefits not only to retirees but also to disabled workers, widows, widowers, spouses, and children.
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