The Great Depression was a terrible time for everyday Americans, but particularly devastating for the elderly. In response to this, and at the urging of President Roosevelt, in 1935 Congress passed the Social Security Act.
This completed the transition from Americans taking care of their own retirement in the first century of our nation’s history to complete dependence on third-party institutions (corporate pensions and now the federal government).
While the original intent was laudable, Social Security has morphed into an insatiable monster that’s systematically eroding our financial fitness (see “Social Security – A Promise Breaking?” FiduciaryNews.com, September 12, 2017).
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