Which of the following statements is true? Public opinion on the usefulness of the Social Security system tends to swing back and forth dramatically with the health of the national economy. The increase in tougher crime and sentencing laws in the 1990s went into effect despite indications that public opinion strongly opposed the trend. Franklin Roosevelt had little faith that public opinion would preserve the Social Security program; he expected it to be dismantled within a few decades. Franklin Roosevelt attempted to increase the size of the Social Security system, but backed down in the face of strong public opinion against any expansion. George W. Bush attempted to privatize aspects of Social Security, only to back down in the face of determined resistanc