The Father of Social Security
By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2005-03-15 00:00:00-05:00
As the Social Security debate continues in Washington, the relentless rhetoric makes it hard to remember how and why the system was established in the first place. So who better to explain the roots and history of Social Security than the man who brought it from infancy to adulthood? Robert Myers was Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration from 1946 to 1970 and talks with host Mike Cuthbert about Social Security's past and how he sees the problems it faces now.
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