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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The reason the Government is in deficit is because you have more than 4 million people unemployed, and because the last…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1963
The reason the Government is in deficit is because you have more than 4 million people unemployed, and because the last 5 years you have had rather a sluggish growth, much slower than any other Western country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Transcript of Broadcast on NBC's 'Huntley-Brinkley Report.'

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