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Richard Nixon: What we need today is not more millions on welfare roles but more millions on payrolls.

On the recordJuly 31, 1968
What we need today is not more millions on welfare roles but more millions on payrolls.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement Submitted to Republican National Convention Committee on Resolutions: 'Problems of the Cities'

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