> 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 "Elizabeth Richardson" <erichktn@worldnet.att.net>