Harry Truman actually said...

Under present economic conditions, we cannot immediately correct the tax mistakes of the past or the conditions which led to a lower level of national income and lower Federal revenues.

Context

Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report

07/10/1949

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