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On the recordJune 28, 1976
I think the public at large does not yet realize that what we confront is not just New York City's fiscal crisis, but a national problem.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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