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Lyndon Johnson: “We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1964
We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able to stay in the labor market.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Oklahoma at the Dedication of the Eufaula Dam

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