When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law, he created an overwhelmingly popular government program.

And it's likely to grow more popular by the day, as 10,000 baby boomers are expected to clock out of the workforce each day for the foreseeable future.

According to the AARP, two-thirds of Americans feel Social Security is one of the most important government programs, a level of support that has held steady over the past two decades.

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