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Deseret News archives: FDR sets Social Security program in motion 91 years ago

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Edit’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 14, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly Americans and creating a federal unemployment insurance program. Now, 91 years later, many Americans can wonder where would we be without the program, and perhaps crucially, where it is going. Former Utah Gov. Calvin Rampton was there in Washington when FDR signed the legislation into law. According to a Deseret News archives story, “Rampton was working as a congressman’s administrative aide in Washington, D.C. He was 21 years old and fully aware of groundbreaking legislation passing through Congress that year, in the midst of the Great Depression. “One measure called for creation of a ‘social security’ program. While his parents never received what would become known as Social Security checks, Rampton — later to become a thr

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