Christopher, Greed was differently the driving factor of the imbalance between the wealthy and the common people. Social Security definitely did help the economy. When those of age 65 and over would retire, it would lead to job positions opening up, which led to new people being hired. It wasn’t really new demand, as younger people would replace the older ones. When people would receive their pension check it wasn’t very much. In article titled, “Social Security”, written by ushistory.org, it describes that pensions were extremely modest and in most cases below poverty level standards. In the book on page 809, it mentions that the first Social Security check was for $41.30. How were people surviving if these checks were extremely modest and