Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The socialist Architect of Social Security Frances Perkins is an alumnus of Columbia University

Columbia University celebrates the terrible socialist alumnus Frances Perkins (1880-1965)! She was a proponent of Big Government and one size fits all solutions!!

FDR was a horrible US president!

"Perhaps no Columbian has affected daily American life more than Frances Perkins 1910GSAS. As secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt ’08HON, Perkins — the first woman to hold a cabinet position — responded to the Great Depression by proposing far-reaching economic protections [???] for American workers and retirees. These radical plans included a minimum wage [???], a forty-hour workweek [???], universal health insurance [??], unemployment insurance [???], workers’ compensation [???], and social security [???]. ...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster claimed 146 lives and drew attention to dangerous and exploitative labor conditions. “The New Deal was born that day,” Perkins later said. ..."

The Architect of Social Security | Columbia Magazine "America’s most popular social program turns 90 this year. Thank Frances Perkins 1910GSAS."




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