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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (75469)	6/4/2018 9:18:06 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 363752

It did to the millions it saved from abject poverty. And it when it was enacted it immediately helped millions of old females survive. What is the matter with you? Have you no empathy or compassion? Imagine how many old people were suffering from abject poverty in 1940 when it started ???!!! Are you on social security? Do you get any federal aid? Half the old people in the country rely on social security today to survive. History: " Pre-Social Security PeriodTraditional Sources of Economic Security All peoples throughout all of human history have faced the uncertainties brought on by unemployment, illness, disability, death and old age. In the realm of economics, these inevitable facets of life are said to be threats to one's economic security. For the ancient Greeks economic security took the form of amphorae of olive oil. Olive oil was very nutritious and could be stored for relatively long periods. To provide for themselves in times of need the Greeks stockpiled olive oil and this was their form of economic security. ssa.gov << Millions and millions? Do you think "Millions and Millions" makes a dent in the problem?