Today is the 70th anniversary of the creation of Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits.
I don’t have a link handy but there’s no photo available of then President Eisenhower signing the bill. He had opposed it and signed it only reluctantly. He didn’t want a photo taken. Occasionally you see a photo of Eisenhower signing a bill on a news release or article about this anniversary but the photo is of Ike signing some different bill. Other than the creational of the interstate highway system the creation of Social Security disability benefits was probably the most consequential domestic legislation that became law during Ike’s presidency.
