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Introduction: an overview of the Social Security program, 1935-2006
The creation of Social Security in America
The first controversy over financing and the creation of family benefits, 1935-1939
Political struggles over Social Security in the 1940s and program expansion in 1950
Extending coverage and benefits, 1951-1965
Enlarging the program and indexing benefits to the rate of inflation, 1966-1972
The second controversy over financing and the 1977 Social Security amendments, 1973-1977
The third controversy over financing and the Social Security amendments of 1983
Disability benefits in the 1980s
The fourth controversy over financing and the battle over privatization, 1983-2006.
The creation of Social Security in America
The first controversy over financing and the creation of family benefits, 1935-1939
Political struggles over Social Security in the 1940s and program expansion in 1950
Extending coverage and benefits, 1951-1965
Enlarging the program and indexing benefits to the rate of inflation, 1966-1972
The second controversy over financing and the 1977 Social Security amendments, 1973-1977
The third controversy over financing and the Social Security amendments of 1983
Disability benefits in the 1980s
The fourth controversy over financing and the battle over privatization, 1983-2006.