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Gerald Ford: “We are going to approach the problem on the one hand to increase consumer purchasing power at the Federal level and, at…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1976
We are going to approach the problem on the one hand to increase consumer purchasing power at the Federal level and, at the same time, create tax incentives for business to provide more jobs.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Pittsburgh Economic Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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