#socialsecurityact

#FranklinDelanoRoosevelt signed the #SocialSecurityAct into law #OnThisDay in 1935; one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal, it's now under threat from #DonaldTrump & Republicans who want to dismantle it; we need to preserve #SocialSecurity~! www.history.com/this-day-in-...

What Is the Social Security Act? - Roosevelt Institute (rooseveltinstitute.org)

rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-is... #SocialSecurityAct #Happy91stBirthday Democrats signed into law, Republicans want to destroy it

August 14, 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act (SSA) into law, creating unemployment compensation, old-age benefits and aid to dependent children. #SocialSecurityAct #FrancesPerkins 1/4

#OTD 1935: #SocialSecurityAct 🧵👇 Filing applications SSA's early accounting operations ca 1936 The issuing of #SocialSecurityNumbers & the creation of earnings records on all Americans covered by #SocialSecurity was the largest bookkeeping operation in the history of the world.

#OTD in 1935: Social Security Act With Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins standing behind him, President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935’ Library of Congress. #SocialSecurity #FrancesPerkins #FDR #SocialSecurityAct @livingnewdeal.bsky.social