1. Quick Write
If people are out of work (either retired or disabled or otherwise unable to find work), should they receive money from the government (which comes from tax revenue)?
Why? Or why not?

2. Background Info
FDR’s New Deal was his plan to solve the Great Depression
3 Goals of New Deal legislation and programs:
1. Relief
2. Recovery
3. Reform
One major problem as a result of the Great Depression was the elderly population had not saved for retirement. This caused:
1. Older generations kept working as long as physically possible
2. Severe poverty for the elderly who could no longer work
The Reform solution to this problem was the Social Security Act

3. What is Social Security?

4. Is Social Security Good or Bad?
What were the main arguments for and against Social Security when it was created in 1935?