08/02/1977
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"A $65 billion deficit for the fiscal year just ended is the largest in our history."
"The level of unemployment today is 50 percent greater than it was when Mr. Ford took office."
"The combined rates of unemployment and inflation have averaged almost 16 percent under Mr. Ford, the highest average Misery Index for any President since Woodrow Wilson."
"There is more unused manufacturing capacity in the economy today than under any other President since the 1930's."