The governments main aim is the protection of its citizens and provision them with the conditions needed for their evolution and beneficial development. With this in mind, the creation of the efficient system that will be able to fulfill all peoples basic needs and guarantee their satisfaction with the existing conditions is crucial. Yet, Social Security could be considered one of the most important tasks of the government.
In 1935, the President proclaimed that the state would obviously be able to protect people and given them jobs, insurance, etc. (Roosevelt, 1935). For this reason, the course on the improvement of social conditions was set. However, at the moment we see that the given goal has not been achieved yet. It is obvious that something has gone wrong. Analyzing the given sphere, it is possible to admit the fact that nowadays people are still not sure in their future and suffer from the lack of social guarantees. The given problem could be explained by several points. First, the government is more focused on the international affairs and spends the biggest part of the budget to support its troops and military bases all over the world.
Moreover, we could observe the shift of priorities towards some material issues and pragmatic values. The era or dreamers and idealists has passed, and at the moment a state tends to earn money instead of devoting them to various social spheres. For this reason, it is possible to conclude that the shift of priorities towards the new purposes preconditioned the decrease of the importance of the given program and deprived people of an opportunity to feel protected and be sure in their future.
References
Roosevelt, F. (1935). Speech upon signing the social security act. Web.