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Social Security System

  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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The Department for Work and Pensions said it would not compromise on protecting people "who need our support", and that reforms "will mean the social security system will always be there for those who will never be able to work".

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However, she said "seeking to unwind that and to change the social security system is not easy", adding that the price tag would be big.

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Its residents are eligible to vote in French elections and have access to the French social security system, as well as other subsidies.

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My family was able to financially survive this illness because of the Social Security system that Democrats fought to create, thankfully.

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Before we delve further into the consequences of this action — for the newly “dead,” for all Social Security beneficiaries and indeed American citizens, and for the Social Security system itself — a few words on how this came about.

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