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2024-02-19 20:40:51 UTC - HELPFUL
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Senior poverty was significantly higher prior to SS, and the expansion of social security dramatically reduced it. Before Social Security, half of elderly Americans died in poverty. Today, less than 1 in 10 do. https://www.nasi.org/learn/social-security/the-role-of-benefits-in-income-and-poverty-2/ https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/social-security-lifts-more-people-above-the-poverty-line-than-any-other https://www.ssa.gov/history/68booklet.html https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-new-vision-for-social-security
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