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Jimmy Carter: For all of us, but especially for the most disadvantaged among us, inflation is indeed the most cruel tax of all.

On the recordMarch 13, 1980
For all of us, but especially for the most disadvantaged among us, inflation is indeed the most cruel tax of all.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Anti-Inflation Program Remarks Announcing the Administration's Program

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