Elizabeth Warren's response to Third Way Criticisms: 'Oh Please'

[ND-Dem]

123. i answered your question. you didn't read the answer well.

"1956 Amendments to the Social Security Act establishing the Social Security Disability Insurance program."

Social security disability insurance program = SSDI, part of OASDI. The "D" was added to OASDI when Ike signed the SSDI act.


PS: SSI, on the other hand, was a Nixon program.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a United States government program that provides stipends to low-income people who are either aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled.[1]

Although administered by the Social Security Administration,[2] SSI is funded from the U.S. Treasury general funds,[1] not the Social Security trust fund.

SSI was created in 1974 to replace federal-state adult assistance programs that served the same purpose. The restructuring of these programs was intended to standardize the eligibility requirements and level of benefits.[3]

The new federal program was incorporated into Title XVI (Title 16) of the Social Security Act.[4] Today the program provides benefits to approximately eight million Americans.

The legislation creating the program was a result of President Richard Nixon's effort to reform the nation's welfare programs. At that time, each state had similar programs under the Aid to the Blind, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, and Aid to the Elderly. The Nixon Administration thought these programs should be federalized and run by the Social Security Administration. Thus, SSI was created to eliminate the differences between the states including different disability standards and income and resources requirements, which many perceived as irrational or unfair.

President Nixon signed the Social Security Amendments of 1972 on October 30, 1972 which created the SSI Program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Security_Income