Richard Nixon actually said...

As prices return to the long-run supply level and as the potential for windfall profits disappears, a continuation of the tax would result in higher prices for consumers, with no concomitant increase in oil supplies.

Context

Statement Proposing Enactment of an Emergency Windfall Profits Tax.

12/18/1973

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