John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "This Nation can afford to reduce taxes, we can afford a temporary deficit, but we cannot afford to do nothing." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 13, 1962

This Nation can afford to reduce taxes, we can afford a temporary deficit, but we cannot afford to do nothing.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Address and Question and Answer Period at the Economic Club of New York.

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