时差N小时 社会保障法

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Today's Social Security program has its roots in the Great Depression of the 1930s. With 22 million unemployed¹, many Americans lived in poverty, and many elderly workers lost all their pension funds when their companies went bankrupt.

如今的社会保障计划在20世纪30年代的经济大萧条时期就有其历史根源。在大萧条时期有两千两百万人失业，许多美国人在贫困线上挣扎。各类公司纷纷倒闭，致使许多老年人失去了所有的养老基金。

As part of the government's response, known as the "New Deal," President Franklin Roosevelt created an advisory² panel to make recommendations to Congress for a program to protect workers from losing their pensions or retirement³ savings⁴.

作为政府的应对措施，即“新政”的一部分，富兰克林·总统设立了顾问小组，专门为国会提供建议，以保护工人的养老基金和退休金不受损失。

In January of 1935, Congress began its consideration of the Social Security Act. Not everyone thought it was a good idea. There was a lot of opposition⁵ expressed during the congressional debates and in the opinion pages of the nation's newspapers.

1935年1月，国会开始考虑成立社会保障法。这一法案并没有得到每个人的支持。国会就这一问题进行了激辩，美国各大报纸的舆论页面也出现许多反对声。

Supporters praised it as a form of social responsibility, while others found it "dangerous and unconstitutional," imposing⁶ too much government in the private economic sector⁷. Yet proponents⁸ carried the day, and the House and Senate passed the Social Security Act. Expanded by Congress over the years, Social Security has had a major impact on the lives of older Americans.

支持者赞美这项法案体现了一种社会责任，然而反对者则称这是“危险的、违反宪法的”，称其在私企强加了过多的政府干涉。然而支持者占优势，众议院和参议院通过了这条法案。许多年来，社会保障体系对老年美国人的生活产生了重大影响。

Without it, almost half of all Americans over 65 would be living in poverty. Often considered one of government's greatest achievements, it is also the single most costly⁹ federal program; and the system's continued financial viability¹⁰ is currently a major issue of national concern.

如果没有这项法案，近一半的65岁以上的老人将会生活在贫困中。社会保障常被视为政府最伟大的成就，但它也是联邦各项计划中最昂贵的一项。目前社会保障体系的财务可行性将成为一个国民主要关注的问题。