{"id":13323,"date":"2024-08-22T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13323"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:10:46","slug":"kaptur-and-area-office-on-aging-celebrate-social-security-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/kaptur-and-area-office-on-aging-celebrate-social-security-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaptur and Area Office on Aging Celebrate Social Security Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13325 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Moor-and-Kaptur-cut-the-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On august 14, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, a retirement program for some retired workers 65 years and older. On Tuesday, August 14, 2024, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur joined the staff of the Area Office on Aging to celebrate the 89<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the historic program that, in addition to providing retirement benefits, also provides life insurance and a disability insurance protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important milestone that has had a profound impact on older adults,\u201d said Justin Moor, CEO of the Area Office on Aging. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for all you do to protect Social Security,\u201d he told Kaptur.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13324\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13324\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Justin-Moor-and-Congresswoman-Marcy-Kaptur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Moor and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaptur thanked Moor and the AOoA staff for their work over the years. \u201cYou make life better for our country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kaptur noted that there are over 175,000 recipients of the benefits of Social Security in her House district. \u201cIt is a lifeline,\u201d she said of the program that is important, she added, for three things. \u201cIf you work, deductions come out of your paycheck; it is insurance for the disabled and it is a survivorship program.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, according to the Social Security Administration\u2019s fact sheet, about 90 percent of those in the workplace \u2013 ages 21 to 64 \u2013 were insured by the program in case of severe disability. Most critically the program provides a foundation of retirement protection for just about everyone in the United States \u2013 97 percent of older adults, aged 60 to 89 \u2013 either receive retirement benefits through Social Security or will receive such benefits.<\/p>\n<p>To complete the celebration at the AOoA last week, Kaptur and Moor cut the cake for the staff to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13326\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Area-Office-on-Aging-staff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff On august 14, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, a retirement program for some retired workers 65 years and older. On Tuesday, August 14, 2024, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur joined the staff of the Area Office on Aging to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the historic program that, in addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[244],"class_list":["post-13323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13327,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323\/revisions\/13327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13323"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=13323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}