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Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy
(THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was among the great U.S. triumphs of the 20th ...
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Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century – that triumph is now in jeopardy
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than ...