Harry Truman actually said...

The 'earmarking' of tax collections amounts to preferential treatment of certain taxpayers and tends to weaken effective budgetary control of expenditures.

Context

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

10/11/1949

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