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Democrats and the history of Social Security

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In the Rewrite, on the day when President Obama offered changes in Social Security benefits as part of a broader compromise with budget-cutting Republicans, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell looks back at how America's most popular social program came to be and the Democrat who created it.Apr.12.2013

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