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This R&D provides resources on Social Security.  The federal age insurance program recently celebrated its eightieth anniversary, but does so under a cloud of anxiety about whether older Americans can continue to expect existing levels of benefits and how the system can be preserved for younger generations.  Despite these fears, though, Social Security remains one of the most popular federal programs, with 82% of Americans saying that Social Security contributions were important for the “public good.”