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Jimmy Carter: I can't think of anything more damaging to the economy than a sustained Teamsters strike.

On the recordJanuary 12, 1979
I can't think of anything more damaging to the economy than a sustained Teamsters strike.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Interview With the President Excerpts From a Question-and-Answer Session With John Chancellor of NBC News.

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