On the recordJanuary 12, 1951
I don't see any sense in increasing the Federal national debt when we have got a prosperous country such as we have now, and we ought to pay as we go.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI don't see any sense in increasing the Federal national debt when we have got a prosperous country such as we have now, and we ought to pay as we go.
The President's News Conference on the Budget
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