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Jimmy Carter: I think it helps all around, because it's not good for one person to be sitting here at a desk working hard all day…

On the recordSeptember 21, 1978
I think it helps all around, because it's not good for one person to be sitting here at a desk working hard all day, competent, and for their neighbor, who's incompetent or lazy, to get the same pay.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Asheville, North Carolina Remarks at a Reception for John Ingram.

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