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On the recordJuly 24, 1950
This makes it imperative that we increase tax revenues promptly lest a growing deficit create new inflationary forces detrimental to our defense effort.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, on the Need for an Increase in Taxes.

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