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 65 million beneficiaries who rely on it for food and other necessities. For over 85 years now, trusting in the promise of Social Security, millions of Americans have worked hard paying into the program out of every single paycheck for decades. (00:44–00:56)
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Asserts that Social Security currently provides monthly checks to over 65 million beneficiaries.
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