[LaineyDee]

It was supposed to be a safety net, not the main source of retirement income.

I could have sworn I read somewhere that this was a temporary program to help overcome the Depression. Oh well. I've read so much lately... my poor brain is on overload. *chuckle*

[inquest]

I could have sworn I read somewhere that this was a temporary program to help overcome the Depression.

That's of course how it was billed. But FDR had definitely made it clear privately that he set it up so that it could not be dismantled later on. So in other words, he used a crisis to ram through permanent programs that people would most likely not have voted for under more normal conditions.