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Harry Truman: “The United States economy is the strongest and most productive the world has ever known--and we have the resources and…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1949
The United States economy is the strongest and most productive the world has ever known--and we have the resources and the skills to make it still stronger and more productive.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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

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