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Lyndon Johnson: “The fact is that wages are higher, employment is higher, profits are higher, and the economy is stronger than at any…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1964
The fact is that wages are higher, employment is higher, profits are higher, and the economy is stronger than at any time in American history.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Atlantic City at the Convention of the United Steelworkers of America

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