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During the 1930s the Great Depression triggered a crises in the nations economic life. The Great Depression left millions people unemployed and penniless. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration searched for a way to jump-start the economy. This was that backbone of the Social Security Act of 1935. On August 14, 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the original social security act. The original social security act was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan called The New …

…tax. To make a long story short a generation pays for an earlier generation. For example, I have a job and the government is taking out money from my check to pay for social security. Therefore, I’m paying for my grandma who is on social security. When I get old and file social security my grandchildren will be paying for me. Although social security is a good thing it is faced with many problems.