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1956 - Social Security Amendments of 1956, Pub. L. 84–880; 1958 - Social Security Amendments of 1958, Pub. L. 85–840; 1960 - Social Security Amendments of 1960, Pub. L. 86–778; 1961 - Social Security Amendments of 1961, Pub. L. 87–64; 1965 - Social Security Amendments of 1965, Pub. L. 89–97; 1966 - Tax Adjustment Act of 1966, Pub. L ...
The American social security system (1949) comprehensive old overview. Burns, Eveline M. Toward Social Security: An Explanation of the Social Security Act and a Survey of the Larger Issues (1936) online; Davies, Gareth, and Martha Derthick. "Race and social welfare policy: The Social Security Act of 1935." Political Science Quarterly 112.2 ...
Historically, the FRA was age 65. The 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act gradually increased the FRA and, for individuals born in 1960 or later, the FRA is 67. The early retirement age (age 62) has not changed, but the monthly benefit amount paid at the early retirement age is lower if a person has a higher FRA.
John F. Kennedy. In 1961, JFK amended Social Security to allow workers to opt for early retirement at age 62 — but only men. The amendments also increased the minimum monthly benefit and the ...
As people grow older, their incomes decline and their healthcare expenses grow. Before Social Security, indigence was a part of old age for millions of elderly Americans, who depended on their...
Title VIII establishes a payroll tax used to fund Social Security. In the amendments of 1939, the tax was removed from the Social Security Act, placed in the Internal Revenue Code, and renamed the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. When Medicare was established in 1966, the FICA tax was increased to fund that program as well.
FDR created the country's first welfare program when he signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935. ... 1939, Mabel McFiggin of Rochester, New York, became the first person in America to ...
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.