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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “One recession has followed another, with each period of recovery and expansion fading out earlier than the last.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 1963
One recession has followed another, with each period of recovery and expansion fading out earlier than the last.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Tax Reduction and Reform.

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