Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is represented that this measure merely provides loans against a future obligation and that, therefore, it will cost the American people nothing.

Veto of the Emergency Adjusted Compensation Bill.

02/25/1931

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CHILDREN ARE our most precious possession.