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Jimmy Carter: I determined that economic conditions affecting the general welfare necessitated a lesser increase.

On the recordNovember 17, 1980
I determined that economic conditions affecting the general welfare necessitated a lesser increase.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Federal Civilian and Military Pay Increases Report to the Congress

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