We will cut this deficit in half again, and we will keep working toward a balanced budget as rapidly as we humanly can.
Jimmy Carter: “We will cut this deficit in half again, and we will keep working toward a balanced budget as rapidly as we humanly can.”
On the recordJanuary 12, 1980
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White House Conference on Small Business Remarks at the Opening Session of the Conference
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