Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets? Why not public housing accommodations? Why not a vacation resort? Why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and beer for those who drink?
Barry Goldwater: “Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets? Why not public housing accommodations? Why…”
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Goldwater's critique of Medicare as a slippery slope.
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Having given our pensioners their Medical care in kind, why not food baskets, why not public housing accommodations, why not vacation resorts, why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and beer for those who drink?
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.





