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jody

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4. Social Security began as "social insurance" during the Great Depression and has morphed into

Reply to Rocky888 (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:44 PM

Dec 2012

something some people depend upon as complete retirement support.

When "complete retirement support" is defined as the "poverty threshold" or more it makes debate challenging.

I was born before WWII at the end of the Great Depression.

I've watched Social Security grow from "social insurance" into "poverty threshold retirement".

I'm not sure the programs for funding Social Security have kept pace with that change.

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I have a question about social security [View all] Rocky888 Dec 2012 OP

I think a lot of us did that back in 1983 when St. Ronnie doubled the SS rates so we sinkingfeeling Dec 2012 #1

WHERE IS THIS MONEY? life long demo Dec 2012 #2

SS is fiscally sound.. The "controversy" is fake.. SoCalDem Dec 2012 #3

Social Security began as "social insurance" during the Great Depression and has morphed into jody Dec 2012 #4

If $5 is good, wouldn't $105 be better? leftstreet Dec 2012 #5