Gerald Ford actually said...

I think that makes much more sense than having Federal bureaucrats in Washington in 26 different cases telling the people in Indianapolis how to spend their money.

Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Public Forum in Indianapolis.

04/21/1976

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