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> It’s interesting to note that Social Security was designed to cover 100% of the population even though only a smaller segment needed it, specifically to make
by areyousure 4y ago
> It’s interesting to note that Social Security was designed to cover 100% of the population even though only a smaller segment needed it, specifically to make it harder to kill.
In case anyone is curious, please note the following excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act
> Job categories that were not covered by the act included workers in agricultural labor, domestic service, government employees, and many teachers, nurses, hospital employees, librarians, and social workers. As a result,
> > 65 percent of the African American workforce was excluded from the initial Social Security program (as well as 27 percent of white workers). Many of these workers were covered only later on, when Social Security was expanded in 1950 and then in 1954.
- gumby 4y agoThank you I should have said “was designed not to be means tested” instead of the lazy “100%” statement. FDR’s racial attitudes (or perhaps rather lack of interest in the issue) is rarely discussed, so thanks for bringing that up as well.