Frances Perkins was apparently, incredibly persuasive person.

显然弗朗西斯有难以置信的说服力
One person at the time named Witt,

那时有个人叫威特
who was on the Social security commission,

他是社会保障委员会的成员
tried to tell her that was going to lead to budget problems.

试图告诉她这样会导致预算困境
She said that he was a half-Witt,

她说除非他变成了半个威特
and that we had a more urgent problem.

我们才有了一个更急迫的问题
Not that she doubted him, but the problem was more urgent,

并非不信任他而是这个问题更严峻
and so that was the only way to solve the problem, the current crisis.

而这是解决问题的唯一方式
So they finally agreed to move the system from a prefunded system,

所以最后他们同意从先行融资系统
to a pay as you go system.

转变为一个随到随付的系统
So the money coming in from current workers

所以从现在工人收到的钱
is used to pay directly to the old workers.

直接付给了年老的工人