John Kennedy actually said...

I do not say that a recession is inevitable without a tax cut, or impossible with one, but, excluding war years, we have had a recession on the average every 42 months since World War II.

Context

Radio and Television Address to the Nation on the Test Ban Treaty and the Tax Reduction Bill

09/17/1963

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