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It seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “It seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now, I hope, about to…”
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Wilson advocates for a pay-as-you-go approach in government spending.
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