The most significant element of health care legislation in American history is undeniably Social Security. Social Security has brought a new level to protecting those citizens of the United States of America that have not been able to protect themselves. Social Security has greatly increased in the amount of population using it, and reaping its benefits since the 73 years it has been around. Although some might not believe in Social Security, it is a great program that keeps a lot of this country alive and running, and takes care of those who don’t know how to take care of themselves.
Social Security was invented in the year 1937 and had just over 220 thousand people on the program and just 66 years later in the year 2003 it has over 47 million people, says the most updated United States Government spreadsheet (see resources). That is on average of 709 thousand people joining a year, and it hasn’t yet peaked. It looks as if it will continue at this pace until every single person in the United States of America is on the Social Security plan, and there is a great chance it will never fail.
Yes people recently have been complaining that social security will be obsolete by the time this young generation is ready to reap the benefits, but it has been that way ever since it was created, 73 years ago! Even though the “ it will be gone soon” rumor has always been around, it hasn’t stopped the 709 thousand people a year joining on average. It is really just proving itself as a great program because even though it is doubted, it hasn’t failed us yet. Of course there will always be problems with Social Security(just like everything else in this fine country) but I think we should all trust our government to get us out of those problems, because they haven’t failed us yet, and I don’t think they will.
Resources:
The United States Government. "Social Security History Frequently Asked Questions." The United States Social Security Administration. The United States Government. Web. 08 Dec. 2010.
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