Germany became the first nation in the world to adopt an old-age social insurance program in 1889, designed by Germany's Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. The idea was first put forward, at Bismarck's behest, in 1881 by Germany's Emperor, William the First, in a ground-breaking letter to the German Parliament. William wrote: ". . .those who are disabled from work by age and invalidity have a well-grounded claim to care from the state."
Coupled with the workers' compensation program established in 1884 and the "sickness" insurance enacted the year before, this gave the Germans a comprehensive system of income security based on social insurance principles. (They would add unemployment insurance in 1927, making their system complete.)
So FDR didn't invent all this stuff. And Kaiser Wilhelm thinks that the government is supposed to help people. Surprise!
I mean, I arleady know the Rethuglicans want to take us back to the 19th century. I just didn't know it was 19th Century Prussia, pre-Bismarck.