Brazeal v. Brazeal’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““[T]he purpose of Social Security is the same as that of an insurance policy with a private carrier, wherein a parent insures against death or loss of physical ability to fulfill moral and legal obligations to dependent children. The premiums on such insurance may be said to have been paid either by the parent or by the parent and [the] employer. The benefits of Social Security are not gratuitous. The terms of ‘insured,’ ‘insurance,’ and ‘beneficiary’ are used throughout the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C.A. Chapt. 7. “The Supreme Court of the United States has referred to the Social Security system as social insurance and has said the right to the benefits is in one sense earned. Flemming v. Nestor, 363 U.S. 603 , 80 S.Ct. 1367 , 4 L.Ed.2d 1435 (I960).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Adams