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title: "What is the Social Security system? How did it initially work? What were the sources of funding and whom did it help?"  
description: "What is the Social Security system? How did it initially work? What were the sources of funding and whom did it help?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41913/what-is-the-social-security-system-how-did-it-initially-work-what-were-the-sources-of-funding-and-whom-did-it-help  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the Social Security system? How did it initially work? What were the sources of funding and whom did it help?

What is the [Social Security](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1962/massive-data-breach-being-faced-by-samsung) [system](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33266/how-does-the-decision-review-system-drs-in-cricket-work)? How did it initially work? What were the [sources](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44491/how-to-evaluate-credibility-of-internet-sources) of [funding](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/54959/3-funding-options-for-small-businesses) and whom did it help?


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