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Roosevelt, like most establishment figures of the era, saw the Townsend Plan as irresponsible and unworkable. Indeed, there is some evidence that Roosevelt was prodded to introduce his Social Security proposal to counter the growing influence of the Townsend Plan.
- Excerpts From Townsend's Autobiography (1943)
No one ever dreamed of a federal social security law until...
- An Analysis of The Problems With The Townsend Plan (2001)
The basic idea of the Townsend Plan was that the government...
- Excerpts From Congressional Hearings on The Townsend Plan (1935)
Social Security History. This is an archival or historical...
- Excerpts From Townsend's Autobiography (1943)
As Roosevelt said, Social Security was passed by Congress substituting a pay-as-you-go "insurance" scheme for Townsend's far more generous pension plan, but as he told Perkins, it was the Townsend Clubs that forced Congress to act at all.
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Feb 27, 2018 · In 1935, partly in response to the continued popular growth of the Townsend Plan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposed Social Security legislation included two titles designed to help the elderly, but neither of them as generous as the Townsend Plan.
The Townsend Plan, officially the Old-Age Revolving Pensions (OARP) plan, was a September 1933 proposal by California physician Francis Townsend for an old-age pension in response to the Great Depression, leading to a social and political movement.
Aug 19, 2019 · Dr. Francis Everitt Townsend, born into a poor farm family, worked as a physician and health provider. During the Great Depression, when Townsend himself was in retirement age, he became interested in how the federal government could provide old age pensions. His project inspired the 1935 Social Security Act, which he found inadequate.
