Word: goldwaterism
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During the early weeks of this year's Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, Goldwater reiterated this stand. It did not go over very well, particularly with the large segment of the New Hampshire population that depends on social security. Rival Nelson Rockefeller jumped on the Goldwater argument, charged...
Damaging Cues. After New Hampshire, Goldwater came out with a paper insisting that he not only wanted "a sound social security system" but indeed hoped to see the system "strengthened." But right up to the time of the San Francisco convention, Rocky kept hammering away at Goldwater on social security...
As often as not, the Democrats take their cue from Rocky and Scranton, and Goldwater recently complained: "Rockefeller and Scranton have done me more damage than the Democrats ever could."
Goldwater has charged that Johnson is no friend of social security, since the President insisted that medicare be attached to an already passed bill expanding the social security system and increasing its benefits. The whole bill, Goldwater says with some justification, died in conference committee because of the medicare rider...
The Controversy Rages. Just what are the merits of Goldwater's notion of voluntary social security? Most authorities, whether liberal or conservative, or whether in or out of government, agree that it is totally impractical. According to at least one expert estimate, if the system were to be made...