President johnson quotes on welfare
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Selected Speeches and Messages
Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, January 4, 1965
The President’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1965
Special Message to the Congress on Conservation and Restoration of Natural Beauty, February 8, 1965
Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise, March 15, 1965
Address at Johns Hopkins University: "Peace Without Conquest," April 7, 1965
Remarks in Johnson City, Texas, upon Signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Bill, April 11, 1965
Commencement Address at Howard University: "To Fulfill These Rights," June 4, 1965
Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill, July 30, 1965
Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965
Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York, October 3, 1965
Remarks at the Signing of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, October 22, 1965
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Statement by the President Upon Signing the Social Security Amendments and Upon Appointing a Commission To Study the Nation's Welfare Programs.
SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS
This coming year will mark one-third of a century since social security became the law of the land.
Because of social security, tens of millions of Americans have been able to stand straighter and taller--unafraid of their future.
Social security has become so important to our lives, it is hard to remember that when it was first proposed it was bitterly attacked--much as Medicare was attacked and condemned before it came into being 2 1/2 years ago.
Today, for the second time in 30 months, I am signing into law a measure that will further strengthen and broaden the social security system. Measured in dollars of insurance benefits, the bill enacted into law today is the greatest stride forward since social security was launched in 1935.
In March, 24 million Americans will receive increased benefits of at least 13 percent. In the years to come, as the 78 million American earners now covered by social security become eligible, they will gain even greater benefits.
--For a retired couple, maximum benefits will rise from $207 to $234 and ultimately to $323 per month.
--Minimum benefits for an individ
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LBJ Library photos
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