| − | The Railroad Retirement Board is a Federal agency intended to provide monetary benefits to railroad workers. It was established in the 1930's, as a social insurance and welfare program, as part of the [[New Deal]]. Railroad employees do not pay into and do not receive benefits from Social Security, instead, railroad corporations pay into a fund which the RBR administers. | + | The Railroad Retirement Board is a Federal agency intended to provide monetary benefits to railroad workers. It was established in the 1930's, as a social insurance and welfare program, as part of Franklin Roosevelt's ''socialist'' [[New Deal]]. Railroad employees do not pay into and do not receive benefits from Social Security, instead, railroad corporations pay into a fund which the RBR administers. |