# Franklin D. Roosevelt Back to [[Topics/Social Security and Medicare Myths/Social Security and Medicare Myths|Social Security and Medicare Myths]] **Role:** 32nd U.S. President, a Democrat. He signed the Social Security Act on Aug 14, 1935 (SSA history). **In the post:** credited with creating the program and with five "promises". SSA says the five promises are not in the 1935 law or the record: participation was never voluntary, the first rate applied to the first $3,000 (not $1,400), and the Act itself says the employee tax is not deductible ([SSA Internet Myths](https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths.html)). FactCheck.org (2009) reached the same result for the "voluntary" line. **Analysis:** [[Users/@krispykriskring/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - krispykriskring on the Social Security Card History Lesson (2026-10-25)|Post analysis, rows 3–7]].