Richard Nixon actually said...

But if I were to sign these bills that spend nearly $1 billion more than we can now afford, I would be saying yes to higher prices, yes to higher interest rates, yes to higher taxes.

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Remarks Announcing the Vetoing of Two Appropriations Bills

08/10/1970

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