Harry Truman actually said...

Over the last 5 years we have operated the Government with a surplus--a surplus of nearly $8 billion altogether.

Address at the Cornerstone Laying of the New General Accounting Office Building.

09/10/1951

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I AM SIGNING Senate Joint Resolution 167 with a sense of deep disappointment that the Congress has seen fit to take such feeble steps toward...

Prices have continued to rise.

This bill will not reduce the high cost of living and it will not keep prices from going even higher.

It is far too late in the fight against inflation, however, to place our main reliance upon voluntary action.