Richard Nixon actually said...

I am going to use every weapon at my command to hold spending in this fiscal year as close as possible to $250 billion-so that we will not have a new wave of crippling inflation and there will be no need for higher taxes.

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Campaign Statement About Federal Spending.

10/22/1972

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