If you are like most of us in America today, you have become familiar with the social security number. This is a number that has been issued by the Social Security Administration, which may have been issued to you only days after your birth. The social security number has become synonymous with your date of birth and place of birth. Unfortunately, most Americans are not aware that the Social Security System along with it's number was not established as a means for universal identification, but rather was a way for the Social Security Administration to be able to determine who has earned social security benefits in their work history.
On June 8, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a message to the Congress, announced his intention to provide a program for Social Security. Subsequently, the President created by Executive Order the Committee on Economic Security, which was composed of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, Chairwoman; Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Homer S. Cummings, Attorney General; and Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Emergency Relief Administrator. The committee was instructed to study the entire problem of economic insecurity and to make recommendations that would serve as the basis for legislative consideration by the Congress.
In early January 1935, the Committee made its report to the President, and on January 17 the President introduced the report to both Houses of Congress for simultaneous consideration. Each House passed its own version, but eventually the differences were resolved and the Social Security Act was signed into law on August 14, 1935. In addition to several provisions for general welfare, the new Act created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement.
It should be noted at this point that the entire Social Security scheme is a fraud.