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In reply to the discussion: FDR Democrats, check in here! [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Eg, the other day I got a perfect opportunity to educate someone because she brought it up. We were talking about something, and she mentioned SS not being there by the time people retire. I asked her why she thought that? She actually couldn't answer, she just believed it because she heard it so often she didn't think to ask anyone to explain it to her.
So I explained. I told her about FDR and a little bit about the history of how he got it passed, and about Francis Perkins (she had never heard of her). I explained why the lie she believed was a lie. She was amazed. She is one more person who will know what to say to the next person who says it to her.
Sometimes I bring it up again depending on the people I am with. And what the conversation is about.. Most people, I discovered, know very little about it. That is the fault of the Dems though, they should be educating people about it.