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Lyndon Johnson: “Far too many social security beneficiaries today--not only older citizens, but their widows and their orphans and the…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1966
Far too many social security beneficiaries today--not only older citizens, but their widows and their orphans and the disabled-are trying to live off of too little income.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Social Security Administration Headquarters in Baltimore

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