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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1966

Far too many citizens on social security-more than one-third of the total-exist on incomes below the poverty line.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 2, 1966

I propose, therefore, that we increase social security benefits across the board for the entire 21 million beneficiaries now on the rolls.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 24, 1964

We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able to stay in the labor market.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

On all the great issues which disturb our country, minimum wage, social security, unemployment compensation, houses, roads, schools, hospitals, our parties have divided and we have divided, and the great questions for the 1960's are how is…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 17, 1951

Any legislation to increase public assistance payments should take account of the relationship between those payments and the amounts paid under our old age and survivors insurance system.

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