On the recordMarch 28, 1975
I requested the new Congress to pass as its first priority a simple $16 billion reduction in Federal income taxes.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “I requested the new Congress to pass as its first priority a simple $16 billion reduction in Federal income taxes.”
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Address to the Nation Upon Signing the Tax Reduction Act of 1975
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