Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 11, 1962
Today, weekly benefits are often too low in relation to lost wages to enable the worker to meet his basic and non-deferrable expenses.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Unemployment Compensation System.

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