Economics: The American Government
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Most of the problems of the United states are related to the economy. One of the
major issues facing the country today is social security.
The United States was one of the last major industrialized nations to establish
a social security system. In 1911, Wisconsin passed the first state workers
com ....
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.... became nearly universal in 1956, when lawyers and other professional
workers came under the system.
Social security is a government program that helps workers and retired workers
and their families achieve a degree of economic security. Social security also
called social insurance (Robertson p. 33), provides cash payments to help
replace income lost as a result of retirement, unemployment, disability, or
death. The program also helps pay the cost of medical care for people age 65 or
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