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Jimmy Carter: I think mandatory wage and price controls would be ill-advised.

On the recordNovember 16, 1978
I think mandatory wage and price controls would be ill-advised.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Editors and News Directors.

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