Harry Truman actually said...

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.

Context

Veto of Bill To Reduce Income Taxes.

06/15/1947

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