Gerald Ford actually said...

I thank you very much for just the fact that you are here.

I think it would be better if it was not made a campaign issue.

I am here to listen to your questions about my budget for fiscal year 1977 and answer them as completely and as totally as I possibly can.

We just can't dump them wholesale in the laps of local government and say, 'Okay, fellows, you find the tax money to pay for them.'