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On the recordSeptember 30, 1980
I think that the new desire of American people to both produce cars and to buy the kind that we are making now is a healthy thing for the future.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Flint, Michigan Interview With Joe Stroud and Remer Tyson of the Detroit Free Press

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