Richard Nixon actually said...

My belief that offsetting cuts in other programs can be made--although they may be painful--together with my belief that older Americans need and deserve increased benefits, permits me to sign this measure.

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Statement on Signing a Bill Extending Temporary Ceiling on National Debt and Increasing Social Security Benefits.

06/30/1972

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