Which of the following statements about the Social Security Act is NOT true?

1. It was based on a progressive tax that took a larger percentage of higher incomes.

2. It provided old-age pensions.

3. It was, according to Roosevelt, the “supreme achievement” of the New Deal.

4. It committed the national government to a broad range of welfare activities.

5. It was a regressive tax that pinched the poor more than the rich.

I would say 5

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