Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We are trying to pass a good food stamp plan in the Congress, a medical aid plan in the Congress, a pay bill that will not make it necessary for an employee who stays here to either resign or to steal, but one that will permit him to earn enough to meet the needs of his family.

04/16/1964

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