03/19/1976
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"We owe them an obligation."
"I held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed taxpayers of this country, about $9 billion-plus."
"You are, because of your responsibilities, a tremendous, creative force in our society, and I congratulate you."
"I am for the little taxpayer and I am against the big tax spender."