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Social Security

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  • The move from farms to cities
  • Self-reliance
  • States pass social insurance legislation
  • Committee on Economic Security
  • Early ideas for the social insurance plan
  • A nationwide debate on social insurance
  • Recommendations readied
  • The bill goes to Congress
  • The Social Security Act of 1935
  • Government's quick action
  • Start-up
  • Social Security Firsts

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