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Gerald Ford: “The people of this country need to know, right now, how to plan their financial affairs for the rest of this year.”

On the recordMarch 28, 1975
The people of this country need to know, right now, how to plan their financial affairs for the rest of this year.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Address to the Nation Upon Signing the Tax Reduction Act of 1975

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