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Harry Truman: As long as business, employment, and national income continue high, we should maintain tax revenues at levels that will…

On the recordJune 15, 1947
As long as business, employment, and national income continue high, we should maintain tax revenues at levels that will not only meet current expenditures but also leave a surplus for retirement of the public debt.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Veto of Bill To Reduce Income Taxes.

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