Social Security System

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1. A system of federally funded services and payments to help support the needy, the aged, and the temporarily unemployed as well as providing support for needy, dependent, disabled, or neglected children, rehabilitation for the disabled, and a host of other social services. The system was established as part of the New Deal and is funded by payroll taxes paid by workers and employers.

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Example Sentences

The litany had become so predictable that spectators at the public hearings in Manila's steel-and-glass Social Security System building groaned at each recitation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our Social Security System has just celebrated its tenth anniversary.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.

Our Social Security System should be developed into the main reliance of our people for basic protection against the economic hazards of old-age, unemployment, and illness.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.

And last year the strength of the Social Security System was strengthened by legislation I proposed to permit borrowing among the separate trust funds.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy