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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 14 Aug 2016

    FDR signed Social Security today 1935--Ida Fuller of Vermont was first recipient of monthly payment:pic.twitter.com/HmPf1TrwXo

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      1. @PeggyBrava™ #Resist‏ @PeggyBrava 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Found it: She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940. #ThanksGoogle

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      1. and the livin's easy‏ @madamyez 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Thank goodness for #SocialSecurity My mom's father died when she was 9 years old. Without it, they would've never survived. .@BeschlossDC

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      1. @PeggyBrava™ #Resist‏ @PeggyBrava 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        do we know what the first payout amount was?

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      2. craig matteson‏ @csmatteson 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        after she paid in how much? How much did she collect versus how much she paid in?

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      3. M!chelle  ❤️ 🇺🇸‏ @MeShellVaTech 17 Aug 2016
        Replying to @csmatteson @BeschlossDC

        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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      4. craig matteson‏ @csmatteson 17 Aug 2016
        Replying to @MeShellVaTech @BeschlossDC

        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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      1. J‏ @1000Steps 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @jmartNYT Serious question. Were 1st recipients just paid out of general fund and not own payments?

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      1. kturet‏ @kturet 14 Aug 2016
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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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      1. Eric Baker‏ @ChuckTownBaker 14 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        ^^^ And that, Mr. Trump is actual sarcasm.

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      1. Derek Dowdell‏ @derekdowdell 14 Aug 2016
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        Today FDR would be labeled a "socialist."

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      1. Gregg Moscoe‏ @GreggMoscoe 14 Aug 2016
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        Conservative heads are exploding in all 50 states. Not that they know anything...

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      1. Gamera Godzilla‏ @totominya 14 Aug 2016
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        This generation will probably be the last considering how much debt there is @BeschlossDC @Chartoc

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      1. John Wood‏ @JohnWood1946 14 Aug 2016
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        $22.54

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      1. Bill Arp‏ @SellsRealty 16 Aug 2016
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        Wonder how much she paid into the Fund and how much she withdrew, in her lifetime?

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      1. W. Meadowbrook‏ @WaterflowerM 16 Aug 2016
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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".

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      1. Allen Sims‏ @1lngargsims 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        way to go Ida Mae! @BeschlossDC

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      2. Gregg Hart‏ @RGreggHart 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @GeriRosman And under the Obama/Clinton administrations, she is still collecting!

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      3. GeriRosman‏ @GeriRosman 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @RGreggHart

        You know me! But I'm trying (*trying*) to stay non-political here. Letting it rip under my pseudonym!

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      1. ToonsByKichi‏ @ToonsByKichi 15 Aug 2016
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        @BeschlossDCpic.twitter.com/7H97kckCE3

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      1. Renee Aste‏ @reneeaste 15 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @billmanzi demographically made sense in 1935, this policy won't hold up any longer. I won't see SS when I retire.

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