All Posts Tagged With: "Social Security Act"
Doc of the Day: FDR's 1936 campaign address at Madison Square Garden
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s October 31, 1936, campaign speech to a cheering audience in New York City’s Madison Square Garden culminated an aggressive campaign in which the Democratic incumbent drew enormous enthusiastic crowds. The substantive issue in the campaign was whether to continue to go forward with the New Deal reforms, particularly those adopted as [...]
31Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Social Security Act
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created a unique system financed by employer and employee contributions instead of government payments. The Social Security Act provided the first public social safety net for Americans. Whereas old age or unemployment once guaranteed a life of poverty, [...]
14Aug2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued