Jimmy Carter: “But we cannot continue to send $80 billion overseas to pay for foreign…”

On the recordMarch 31, 1980

But we cannot continue to send $80 billion overseas to pay for foreign oil indefinitely and still expect real progress towards full employment.

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Democratic · Georgia

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Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO Remarks at the National Conference

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