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Richard Nixon: First, with regard to family assistance, I thought at the time that I approved it--and this view has not changed--that…

On the recordMarch 1, 1973
First, with regard to family assistance, I thought at the time that I approved it--and this view has not changed--that it was the best solution to what I have termed, and many others have termed before me, the welfare mess.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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