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Herbert Hoover: These expenditures cannot be recovered; they must be met by the taxpayer now or in the future.

On the recordJune 23, 1932
These expenditures cannot be recovered; they must be met by the taxpayer now or in the future.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Emergency Relief and Construction Legislation.

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