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Jimmy Carter: We must have an energy security corporation financed by a windfall profits tax on the unearned profits of the oil…

On the recordOctober 10, 1979
We must have an energy security corporation financed by a windfall profits tax on the unearned profits of the oil companies.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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San Diego, California Remarks at the Annual Convention of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.

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