A Brief History and How to Look at Social Security: Is it about getting the money back or minimizing the risk of bad outcomes?

Although Social Security did not come into existence until 1935, it can trace its roots back to the first national pension program for soldiers that was passed in 1776 – prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But this “social security” program was only designed for a small sliver of the U.S. population…

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