Gerald Ford actually said...

I do not believe that the Federal Government should mandate varying levels of SSI benefits in all States simply because a few States in prior years elected to give recipients cash in place of food stamps.

Context

Statement on Signing a Supplemental Security Income Bill.

08/10/1976

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