GuyC59<p>On June 28, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered, Fireside Chat Number 5, over the radio to the nation, reviewing the achievements of the 73rd United States Congress and addressing critics of the New Deal. Here is an excerpt from that speech courtesy of the Internet Archive.</p><p>Full text: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/fdrstmts.html#fireside1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/history/fdrstmts.html#</span><span class="invisible">fireside1</span></a></p><p>"A few timid people, who fear progress, will try to give you new and strange names for what we are doing. Sometimes they will call it 'Fascism' , sometimes 'Communism' , sometimes 'Regimentation' , sometimes 'Socialism' . But, in so doing, they are trying to make very complex and theoretical something that is really very simple and very practical.</p><p>I believe in practical explanations and in practical policies. I believe that what we are doing today is a necessary fulfillment of what Americans have always been doing -- a fulfillment of old and tested American ideals."</p><p> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a></p>
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Yonhap Infomax News<p>Proposal to separate National Pension into new and old systems sparks debate on fund sustainability and social insurance principles<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalPensionReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPensionReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntergenerationalEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntergenerationalEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PensionFundManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PensionFundManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiscalStability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiscalStability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=62807" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=62807</span></a></p>
GuyC59<p>Social Security History: In the Beginning - Chapter One Economic Conditions</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>The accompanying video is narrated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and gives an overview of the economic conditions existing prior to the enactment of the social Security Act, August 14, 1935.</p><p>FDR begins:</p><p>“Long before the economic blight of the depression descended on the nation, millions of our people were living in wastelands of want and fear. Long before 1929, men and women, too old and infirm to work either depended on those who had but little to share, or spent their remaining years within the walls of a poorhouse.” - FDR’s radio address on 3rd anniversary of Social Security Act, August 15, 1938. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, <a href="http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/utterancesfdr.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives</span><span class="invisible">/collections/utterancesfdr.html</span></a></p><p>The video quotes extensively from SSA Historian, Dr. Abe Bortz’s Lecture on the History of Social Security (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/bortz.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/bortz.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), including:<br>“...extraordinary economic and social problems for 20th century Americans.</p><p>I hope you find this interesting. </p><p>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDR</span></a></p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>4/14/1948 President Truman’s veto of H.R. 5052 was overridden in the House of Representatives. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/</span><span class="invisible">v11n7p3.pdf</span></a></p><p>4/14/1992 The United States Government and the government of Ireland reach an Administrative Arrangement for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/irish.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/international/Agreemen</span><span class="invisible">t_Texts/irish.html</span></a></p><p>4/14/1996 As required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (Public Law 104-191), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopted the “Privacy Rule”). <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/hallex/TS/tsi-2-49.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/OP_Home/hallex/TS/tsi-</span><span class="invisible">2-49.htm</span></a><br>HHS Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professional</span><span class="invisible">s/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html</span></a><br>SSA's HIPAA Programs <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/hipaa-cefactsheet.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/disability/professiona</span><span class="invisible">ls/hipaa-cefactsheet.htm</span></a><br> <br>4/14/1996 Memorandum from Jack S. Futterman, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration to Mr. Robert M. Bal. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjexternal6.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjexterna</span><span class="invisible">l6.html</span></a></p><p>4/14/2021 In response to the Covid pandemic, SSA began allowing individuals to fax applications, a practice not previously allowed.<br>More: Electronic Records Express <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/ere/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/ere/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>4/13/1944 Elizabeth A. Mulholland assumed the position of Personnel Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. In 1944, during the height of World War II, the Social Security Administration (SSA) employed approximately 20,000 people. As of September 30, 2023, the Agency has grown to employ 60,733.<br>More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2024/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/</span><span class="invisible">supplement/2024/index.html</span></a></p><p>4/13/1948 Workmen's compensation legislation became applicable nationwide, with Mississippi's enactment of such a law.<br>More: <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1888620/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC1888620/</span></a></p><p>4/13/1949 The New York Disability Benefits Law was enacted with benefit payments effective on July 1, 1950.<br>More: <a href="https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4950&context=lawreview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cg</span><span class="invisible">i/viewcontent.cgi?article=4950&context=lawreview</span></a></p><p>4/13/1995 President Clinton appointed the Commissioner of Social Security to be a member of his Domestic Policy Council.</p><p>4/13/2018 The President signed H.R. 4547, The Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 into law. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_042418.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bull</span><span class="invisible">etin_042418.html</span></a></p><p>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>4/12/1937 The Wagner Labor Act was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. <br><a href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/national-labor-relations-act" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archives.gov/milestone-documen</span><span class="invisible">ts/national-labor-relations-act</span></a></p><p>4/12/1942 An agreement became effective between the United States and Canada for coordinating and integrating the unemployment insurance. <a href="https://maint.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/b-ca-ust000006-0257.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">maint.loc.gov/law/help/us-trea</span><span class="invisible">ties/bevans/b-ca-ust000006-0257.pdf</span></a></p><p>4/12/1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945.<br>More at Roosevelt House Hunter College:<a href="https://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/exhibits/death-president-roosevelt-april-12-1945/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu</span><span class="invisible">/exhibits/death-president-roosevelt-april-12-1945/</span></a></p><p>4/12/1987 Ewan Clague died.<br>More Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: <a href="https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/oral-histories/clague" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">trumanlibrary.gov/library/oral</span><span class="invisible">-histories/clague</span></a></p><p>4/12/1994 The 1994 Trustees Report showed the date of the combined OASDI Trust Funds exhaustion as 2029. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/historical/1994.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/historical/</span><span class="invisible">1994.pdf</span></a></p><p>4/12/1998 Commissioner Apfel appointed Dr. Jane L. Ross as Deputy Commissioner for Policy. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/ssa2000chapter2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/history/ssa/ssa2000cha</span><span class="invisible">pter2.html</span></a><br>In Memoriam: <a href="https://www.nasi.org/discussion/in-memoriam-jane-ross/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasi.org/discussion/in-memoria</span><span class="invisible">m-jane-ross/</span></a></p><p>4/12/2022 by this date, Executive Order 14058, "Transforming Customer Experience..." required SSA to provide OMB a report reforms to in-person appearance requirements. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/budget/assets/materials/2023/FY23-JEAC.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/budget/assets/material</span><span class="invisible">s/2023/FY23-JEAC.pdf</span></a> </p><p>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p>4/5/1935 The US House of Representatives began debate on The Social Security Act of 1935. <br>More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/senate35.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>4/5/1944 The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, held that money paid to a widow, after the death of her wage-earner husband pursuant to a back-pay award by the National Labor Relations Board entered after the wage earner's death, did not constitute wages as defined in the original Social Security Act because it was not remuneration for employment.<br>More on, Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows: <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/crs-product/R4618</span><span class="invisible">2</span></a><br> <br>4/5/1948, President Truman vetoed H.R. 5052, a bill to exclude vendors of newspapers and magazines from social security coverage.<br>More: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/</span><span class="invisible">v11n7p3.pdf</span></a> <br> <br>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
GuyC59<p>Social Security History, Women's History Month Edition Five:</p><p>hashtag#SocialSecurityat90 <br>hashtag#StrongerTogether<br> <br>In honor of Women's History Month, here is compilation of pioneering women in the history of the Social Security in America. </p><p>For more information and profiles of these and other notable individuals, please visit Social Security Pioneers: Women <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-security-pioneers-women-guy-clinch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/pulse/social-secu</span><span class="invisible">rity-pioneers-women-guy-clinch</span></a><br> </p><p>Edition One <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7304145264494202881-jgP9/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_</span><span class="invisible">socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7304145264494202881-jgP9/</span></a> featured an expanded profile of Frances Perkins, Labor Secretary during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration and the driving force behind many of the progressive reforms underpinning America's post war success.</p><p>Edition Two: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7306659783049134080-91cU/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_</span><span class="invisible">socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7306659783049134080-91cU/</span></a></p><p>Edition Three: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7308871625263771649-EQok/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_</span><span class="invisible">socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-ssahistgwc-activity-7308871625263771649-EQok/</span></a></p><p>Edition Four - Shirtwaist Factory Fire: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-wearenotgoingback-activity-7310303274081923072-TrVe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/guywclinch_</span><span class="invisible">socialsecurityat90-strongertogether-wearenotgoingback-activity-7310303274081923072-TrVe/</span></a></p><p>Edition Five: <br>Martha A. McSteen (1923 - 1983)<br>Margaret M. Heckler (1931 - 2018)<br>Donna E. Shalala (1941 - )<br>Jane L. Ross (1942 - 2024)<br>Dorcas R. Hardy (1946 - 2019)Gwendolyn S. King (1940- )<br>Shirley Sears Chater (1932 - )<br>Jo Anne B. Barnhart (1950 - )<br>Yvette S. Jackson</p><p>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> & <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In October 2021, we sent a freedom-of-information request to the Social Insurance Agency attempting to find out more. It immediately rejected our request. Over the next three years, we exchanged hundreds of emails and sent dozens of freedom-of-information requests, nearly all of which were rejected. We went to court, twice, and spoke to half a dozen public authorities.</p><p>Lighthouse Reports and Svenska Dagbladet obtained an unpublished dataset containing thousands of applicants to Sweden’s temporary child support scheme, which supports parents taking care of sick children. Each of them had been flagged as suspicious by a predictive algorithm deployed by the Social Insurance Agency. Analysis of the dataset revealed that the agency’s fraud prediction algorithm discriminated against women, migrants, low-income earners and people without a university education.</p><p>Months of reporting — including conversations with confidential sources — demonstrate how the agency has deployed these systems without scrutiny despite objections from regulatory authorities and even its own data protection officer."</p><p><a href="https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/swedens-suspicion-machine/?utm_source=pocket_shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lighthousereports.com/investig</span><span class="invisible">ation/swedens-suspicion-machine/?utm_source=pocket_shared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlgorithmicDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgorithmicDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlgorithmicBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgorithmicBias</span></a></p>
Donald Roy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@GeofCox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GeofCox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a> has been shown to be cost effective repeatedly - which was why it served as a model for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taly</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> the later 1970s and why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/margaretthatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>margaretthatcher</span></a> rejected the idea of replacing it with a form of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> a few years later. Even if more use of the private sector added to capacity it would do so at exorbitant cost - as of twenty years ago it was as much as 60% to 70% higher than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nhs</span></a> provision on a like for like basis - although the premium fell later .</p>
Cryptocurrency News Worldwide<p>Social token platform Rally announces shutdown of sidechain <br> <br> <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/social-token-platform-rally-announces-shutdown-of-sidechain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cointelegraph.com/news/social-</span><span class="invisible">token-platform-rally-announces-shutdown-of-sidechain</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/tokens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tokens</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/rally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rally</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>Oh dastardly insurrection,<br>Your malignancy takes a toll.<br>Your followers erupt in rage;<br>An order overturned, untold.</p><p>Your aims: reject social insurance,<br>Contempt for the safety net.<br>You seek to cast aside the will<br>Of Congress, Constitution met.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/socialinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/safetynet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safetynet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/mccarthy-speaker-maga-republicans.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/mccarthy-speaker-maga-republicans.html</span></a></p>
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Cryptocurrency News Worldwide<p>Social tokens will be the engine of Web3 from fanbases to incentivization <br> <br> <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/social-tokens-will-be-the-engine-of-web3-from-fanbases-to-incentivization" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cointelegraph.com/news/social-</span><span class="invisible">tokens-will-be-the-engine-of-web3-from-fanbases-to-incentivization</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/SocialInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Tokens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tokens</span></a></p>
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