Message to the Congress on Legislative Priorities
11/17/1974
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We must also be aware that the events of the past year have left an agenda of unresolved problems.
The budget is the President's blueprint for the operation of the Government in the year ahead.
Income and wealth are not produced in Washington, they are only redistributed there.
When I took office in 1974, I found many of our regulatory laws outdated and unintelligible.