In some columns I wrote earlier this month about the repeal of laws that affect people who spent a large portion of their careers working at jobs that were not covered by Social Security, it became very clear to me that many people wondered why that is. Even many people who work at such noncovered jobs were confused. So why are some jobs not covered by Social Security? Here is the story.
When the Social Security laws were first passed in 1935, the program was mandatory for almost all Americans, the vast majority of whom did not have any kind of pension plan where they worked.
