After Franklin Roosevelt signed Social Security into law in 1935, for instance, Alf Landon, the Republican presidential nominee in 1936, ran on repealing the law. But after Landon won only two states, Wendell Willkie, the GOP presidential nominee in 1940, ran on expanding Social Security. Although Congressional Republicans continued some rearguard actions against the law through the 1940s, the party never again proposed complete repeal.
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Friday, October 26, 2018
GOP And The History Of Social Security
For those of you who believe that the GOP hated Social Security since inception, CNN has an interest note in an article :
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