Richard Nixon actually said...

We knew that some sophisticated investors could make out fairly well in a time of skyrocketing prices, but that the average family bore the brunt of the high cost of living, and the family on a fixed income was being driven right up the wall.

Context

Address to the Nation on the Rising Cost of Living

10/16/1969

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