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   From: rmowery42@charter.net   
      
   In article , esp@snet.n says...   
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   > Yes, that is the way it was set up and we pay for it.  When SS was made   
   > into law, if was quite common for only the husband to work and when he   
   > died, the wife would have been destitute without it.  Think about it,   
   > what is the name of the program?  Social Security.  It brought security   
   > to many families.   
   >   
   >   
      
   The origional SS law was only the ones paid in but shortly after it was   
   changed.   
      
   From the government SS page:   
      
      
   A:  Yes. Under the 1935 law, what we now think of as Social Security   
   only paid retirement benefits to the primary worker. A 1939 change in   
   the law added survivors benefits and benefits for the retiree's spouse   
   and children. In 1956 disability benefits were added.   
      
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