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Harry Truman: That is the simplest approach we could find to it, and was recommended by the Economic Advisers as the most satisfactory…

On the recordJanuary 9, 1948
That is the simplest approach we could find to it, and was recommended by the Economic Advisers as the most satisfactory way of relieving the cost of living to the small taxpayer.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference on the Budget

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