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by Unklejoe 3702 days ago
Makes sense. And no, but a temporary program could have been put in place I guess.

It seems you're now stuck with a program that was designed to address a problem of 70 years ago.

I'm especially curious about the history of Social Security in the USA. I can read about this on my own time, though.

It does seem like it was a tool used for polotical gain.