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On the recordOctober 11, 1949
The 'earmarking' of tax collections amounts to preferential treatment of certain taxpayers and tends to weaken effective budgetary control of expenditures.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Bill Providing for Federal Aid to State Fish Restoration and Management Projects.

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