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Gerald Ford: “I have therefore decided to sign this bill so that its economic benefits can begin to work.”

On the recordMarch 28, 1975
I have therefore decided to sign this bill so that its economic benefits can begin to work.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Address to the Nation Upon Signing the Tax Reduction Act of 1975

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