Richard Nixon actually said...

This approach reflects my conviction that the Federal Government's role wherever possible should be one of assisting parents to purchase needed day care services in the private, open market, with Federal involvement in direct provision of such services kept to an absolute minimum.

Context

Veto of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971

12/08/1971

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