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Gerald Ford: “We are going to hold down the cost of living--let's be practical--by holding down the cost of government.”

On the recordMarch 19, 1976
We are going to hold down the cost of living--let's be practical--by holding down the cost of government.
Said by
Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina.

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