Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort.
There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
| Arthur Balfour, Statesman (1848) |
| Elias Canetti, Author (1905) |
| Thomas Eakins, Artist (1844) |
| Don Ellis, Musician (1934) |
| Estelle Getty, Actress (1923) |
| Anna Harrison, First Lady (1775) |
| James Lafferty, Actor (1985) |


