Social Security: Presidential Perspectives

Social Security has been one of the cornerstones of American social policy since its inception in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legis...

What were the main reasons for pursuing a program of old-age insurance? What were some of the challenges associated with establishing a broa...

What improvements did you seek to make on Social Security? Where was the law inadequate? What were the major constraints to reform? Social...

What were your policy priorities on Social Security? What were some concerns about the consequences of past policies? In the several years...

What measures did you take to strengthen the Social Security Act? To what extent were your decisions motivated by a desire to expand covera...

How did Medicare come about? What constraints and opportunities were involved in is passage? How did this legislation shape future expectat...