usagov: Image description: From PBS: August 14, 1935: FDR Signs Social Security Act into Law On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which was originally designed to provide economic security during the Great Depression. Funded through a 2% payroll tax, the 1935 Social Security Act offered aid for the... - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://yogurtscaduto.tumb... ; title="http://yogurtscaduto.tumb... ;
