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Richard Nixon: “We owe to the elderly people in this country something more than a social security increase which is only an illusion…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1971
We owe to the elderly people in this country something more than a social security increase which is only an illusion, and which would be eroded by inflation almost before it is received.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on Signing Bill Increasing Social Security Benefits.

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