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Social Security is part of the [[welfare state]], but it is not considered a welfare program because the beneficiaries have paid into it all their working lives.

Social Security is part of the [[welfare state]], but it is not considered a welfare program because the beneficiaries have paid into it all their working lives.

Social security programs were first introduced by conservatives and pro-business politicians, such as [[Otto von Bismark]] in Germany and [[Winston Churchill]] in Britain, in order to weaken Socialism. All developed countries have a system somewhat similar to the U.S.

Social security programs were first introduced by conservatives and pro-business politicians, such as [[Otto von Bismark]] in Germany and [[Winston Churchill]] in Britain, in order to weaken [[socialism]]. All developed countries have a system somewhat similar to the U.S.

==History==

==History==