Found it: She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940. #ThanksGoogle
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Thank goodness for
#SocialSecurity My mom's father died when she was 9 years old. Without it, they would've never survived. .@BeschlossDCThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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do we know what the first payout amount was?
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after she paid in how much? How much did she collect versus how much she paid in?
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I think at that point, no one had paid in anything. Taxed wealthiest Americans 2 pay 4 it. Life expectancy was 57
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and in those days it was 15 paying in for 1 taking out now it is3 paying in 1 taking out.
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@jmartNYT Serious question. Were 1st recipients just paid out of general fund and not own payments?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Commie!
@BeschlossDC FDR signed Social Security today 1935 -- Ida Fuller of Vermont was first recipientpic.twitter.com/miCUi9t7wq
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^^^ And that, Mr. Trump is actual sarcasm.
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Today FDR would be labeled a "socialist."
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Conservative heads are exploding in all 50 states. Not that they know anything...
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This generation will probably be the last considering how much debt there is
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$22.54
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Wonder how much she paid into the Fund and how much she withdrew, in her lifetime?
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@BeschlossDC#SocSec was fine while maj of recipients were Whites but once nat'l demog changed to maj#POC now expensive "entitlement".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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way to go Ida Mae!
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@GeriRosman And under the Obama/Clinton administrations, she is still collecting! -
You know me! But I'm trying (*trying*) to stay non-political here. Letting it rip under my pseudonym!
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@billmanzi demographically made sense in 1935, this policy won't hold up any longer. I won't see SS when I retire.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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