> > Can anyone tell us when U.S. Social Security came into being? > > > > Bunny Turner > > Halifax, Nova Scotia > > Canada <bunnypat@eastlink.ca> > > Social Security Act of 1935 is its beginning according to the SSA > website. They have a brief history online at: > > http://www.ssa.gov/history/brief.html > > "Elizabeth Richardson" <erichktn@worldnet.att.net> Actually the concept of Social Security, as we know it, originated with Bismarck, who set up such a plan for Prussia. Lenny