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Richard Nixon: To require the general taxpayer to bear the costs of this program means a sharp departure from the previous practice…

On the recordDecember 29, 1971
To require the general taxpayer to bear the costs of this program means a sharp departure from the previous practice under which employer taxes have been used to finance such aid.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Bill

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