Social Security: Summary of Major Changes in the Cash Benefits Program
Description:
Title II of the original Social Security Act of 1935 established a national plan designed to provide economic security for the nation's workers. The system of Old-Age Insurance it created provided benefits to individuals who were age 65 or older and who had "earned" retirement benefits through work in jobs covered by the system.
Date:
May 18, 2000
Creator:
Kollmann, Geoffrey
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department