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1936 › Frank Knox (Republican) › How to finance old-age and unemployment insurance (contributory reserve vs. pay-as-you-go)
The Social Security Act is 'unworkable and unsound' -- 'lip service to security'; a Republican administration would offer its own legislation
pledge_forwarddirectional_stancereportedevidence B Relief, Welfare & Social Insurance similar solutions · similar reasoning
Solution
Replace the Act; warn workers the taxes will rise and that 'the people are going to retire Santa Claus.'
Rationale
'Today no life insurance policy is secure; no savings account is safe.'
Statements (2)
1936-09-05 · Lehigh County Fair Grounds, Allentown, Pa. (Associated Press, Evening Star) · generalreported
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"Lip service to security" was the nominee's term for the social security measure, which provides for unem ployment insurance and old-age pen sions. He called it "unworkable and unsound."
Source: Knox hits Social Security Act, Allentown (Evening Star, Sept. 6, 1936, p. 4) (1936-09-06)
1936-09-05 · Lehigh County Fair Grounds, Allentown, Pa. (Associated Press, Evening Star) · generalreported
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Knox said a Republican adminis tration would offer legislation on so cial security
Source: Knox hits Social Security Act, Allentown (Evening Star, Sept. 6, 1936, p. 4) (1936-09-06)
Follow-through
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The Act was amended in 1939, not replaced.
Enacted by others
| 1939-08-10 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Social Security Act Amendments of 1939 | Amendment rather than replacement. source |
Other positions on this issue
- Repeal the compulsory old-age insurance plan; pay every needy citizen over 65 a pension from a direct, widely distributed tax — Alf Landon, 1936 specific_pledge
- Defense of the payroll-tax financing: the employer pays an equal share and the reserves are safe — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 specific_pledge
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