ABSTRACT
This book explains the history and principles of the social security system. It explains why social security is sound and documents the covert war against social insurance that dates back to the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, explaining how the opposition emerged with a vengeance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|11 pages
The Gospel of Wealth Amid Acres of Diamonds
chapter 3|15 pages
FDR's Plan and Its Enemies Emerge
chapter 4|20 pages
From Mrs. Fuller's First Check
chapter 5|16 pages
Frightening Facts? Or Persistent Politics?
chapter 7|27 pages
Presidential Attitudes Toward Social Security
Only Desperate Men with Their Backs to the Wall
