Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Nine decades after the Social Security Act became law, President Donald Trump officially designated Thursday as the "90th Anniversary of the Social Security Act."
Some 60 million U.S. seniors rely on Social Security, and payments have ended for more than 275,000 people who did not qualify for benefits, the president said during an afternoon news conference at the White House with Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano at his side.
President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935, and Trump last month ended federal income taxes for most of its recipients upon signing the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law.
"Social Security is rooted in a simple premise: those who gave their careers to building our nation will always have the support, stability and relief they deserve," Trump said in a proclamation shared with UPI.
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