03/08/1988
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"I'm happy to say a number of banks throughout the country followed suit."
"We have continued to protect them from inflation while saving the taxpayer some 2 1/2 billion by 1985."
"Today, just by requiring adequate evidence before allowing that kind of retirement, the figure is down nearly 40 percent since 1979 with a savings to the taxpayer of more than a billion dollars by 198..."
"We're still providing the needed services, and we're doing it with fewer people."