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AARP Arizona Celebrates Social Security's 80th Anniversary
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SOCIAL SECURITY TURNS 80 YEARS OLD, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST
14TH--FIRST SIGNED INTO LAW, BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, IN 19-35.
AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY IS A-A-R-P--WHICH BELIEVES SOCIAL SECURITY CONTINUES TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF ECONOMIC-PROTECTION BY WHICH WORKERS CAN BUILD A MORE-SECURE RETIREMENT.
DAN MARTINEZ IS A-A-R-P ARIZONA'S STATE-PRESIDENT...
(MARTINEZ):
"FOR 80 YEARS, SOCIAL SECURITY HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK OF A SECURE RETIREMENT, FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO'VE PAID INTO THE PROGRAM OVER A LIFETIME OF HARD WORK.
WITH FEWER PENSIONS--AND WITH WORKERS STRUGGLING TO SAVE--WE KNOW [THAT] SOCIAL SECURITY WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE ECONOMIC-SECURITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
YET, IT FACES CHALLENGES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED--TO ENSURE THAT IT'S STRONG FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
WE NEED A MEANINGFUL, NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO PUT SOCIAL SECURITY ON STABLE GROUND, FOR THE FUTURE."
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