But the ad that showed up most frequently focused on two hands taking a Social Security card from a wallet and tearing it clean in two. “On at least seven occasions,” said the voice-over, “Senator Barry Goldwater said that he would change the present Social Security system. But even his running mate, William Miller, admits that Senator Goldwater’s voluntary plan would destroy the Social Security system. President Johnson is working on strengthening Social Security.” There was, of course, no such “voluntary plan”; the subject had barely crossed Goldwater’s lips since the primary in New
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