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The Good Old Days at a Social Security Office Were Not Necessarily So!

Let me take you back to a Social Security office in 1973.
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The Good Old Days at a Social Security Office Were Not Necessarily So!
Since 1973, the number of people who work in social security has been cut dramatically. CLS Digital Arts/Shutterstock
Tom Margenau
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I sometimes find myself waxing nostalgic about the “good old days” of working for the Social Security Administration. Even though when I started working for the SSA in 1973, the agency was already almost 40 years old, I still think of that time period as the good “old” days.

But then sometimes I wonder if those days were really all that good. So let me take you back to a Social Security office in 1973.

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Tom Margenau
Tom Margenau
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Tom Margenau worked for 32 years in a variety of positions for the Social Security Administration before retiring in 2005. He has served as the director of SSA’s public information office, the chief editor of more than 100 SSA publications, a deputy press officer and spokesman, and a speechwriter for the commissioner of Social Security. For 12 years, he also wrote Social Security columns for local newspapers, and recently published the book “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” If you have a Social Security question, contact him at [email protected]