...Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, the greatest and most successful social program in the history of America. It has kept innumerable seniors out of poverty--and helped thousands of young people who have lost parents and thousands of people who have become disabled.
I can't begin to imagine where my Mom would be without her monthly check. And being one of those people (20% of people aged 55 to 64 have no retirement savings) whose ass has been kicked by Bush the Lesser's economic catastrophe--a.k.a. The Great Recession--I know I'm thankful for it because it's probably the only thing between me and working as a Wal-Mart cashier when I'm eighty (should I be so lucky to live so long).
Social Security was originally the brainchild of Frances Perkins, the first female to be appointed to a U.S. Cabinet (she was Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor from 1933-1945).
She is responsible for the greatest good for the American people in our history.
Not a bad legacy.
Peace,
emaycee
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