A Little Night Musing
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Semi-Platonist mathematician. Neurospicy. Have mask, will travel. Opsimath renegade full of thoughts. Half of what I say is meaningless. Obidox Jew, Lives in the wildnorth. Woman of Person, she/her.
![Top: photo of Bill Moyers and LBJ in the White House, 61 years ago. The screencapped portion of the transcript starts at 07:48
“LYNDON JOHNSON: My inclination would be [...] that it ought to be retroactive as far back as you can get it [...] because none of them ever get enough. That they are entitled to it. That that's an obligation of ours. It's just like your mother writing you and saying she wants $20, and I'd always sent mine a $100 when she did. I never did it because I thought it was going to be good for the economy of Austin. I always did it because I thought she was entitled to it. And I think that's a much better reason and a much better cause and I think it can be defended on a hell of a lot better basis [...] We do know that it affects the economy I...] But that's not the basis to go to the Hill, or the justification. We've just got to say that by God you can't treat grandma this way. She's entitled to it and we promised it to her.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y7e6yapc5wfz5z7rvrxfun4b/bafkreidtyxtka3xv44p5iofxh6e4hgps7qm3jsd53toih54tjszabimh7u)
