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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Every consumer and businessman in America listening to me tonight knows that he can safely spend and invest tomorrow…”

On the recordAugust 12, 1962
Every consumer and businessman in America listening to me tonight knows that he can safely spend and invest tomorrow with real confidence in the long-range future of the United States of America.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the State of the National Economy

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