Was Social Security Affecting Business Socially?

In 1935, America went through a lot and they were still struggling to industrialize and stand up on their own feet. However, to what extent did Social Security hinder business economically? Moreover, the steps up the hill were hard because America was going through the Great Depression. The stock market crashed and 1929 but the effects were still the same during 1935. In 1935, Social Security Act was published under the the New Deal. Social Security Act was supposedly displayed for people who were unemployed, disabled, and for older citizens who retired could not afford medicine, food, and shelter. In the beginning, if somebody who was old in your family would have been taken care of by you or your relatives however, this Act helped retired

Women took after men’s jobs when men went to work in the military. Most women went back to being a housewives while others insisted to keep working because that was their passion. Women started getting the feelings to work and passion to work hard for money. As women started getting their freedom of rights their chances to apply for social security reduced. It is still reducing because women are getting higher in the status level of their jobs. As the article states, “fewer wives in more recent birth cohorts will be eligible for auxiliary benefits as spouse because their earnings are too high” explaining they will be eligible to get SSA even if their earning more than them (Social Security Bulletin. 2012, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p. 2 Charts, 5 Graphs.). When the Social Security Act started in 1935 it was very racist against blacks. Well it wasn’t quite said aloud that blacks weren’t allowed to have social security but most of the people the were excluded were the blacks since blacks were still working in farming or such like while most whites had moved on to more city like jobs. People with degrees started collecting data and figuring out if this was done on purpose. But the author doesn’t fail to mention that this theory isn’t supported with existing evidence. Evidence also supported that it was business reasons that the wealthier people got social security rather than the poor. No more proof was given after that statement. In the text it states clearly. “Among the excluded groups were agricultural and domestic workers--a large percentage of whom were African Americans.” how African Americans were excluded (Social Security Bulletin. 2010, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p49-68. 20p. 1