Through a program of this character we can maintain a national income high enough to provide for an orderly retirement of the public debt along with reasonable tax reduction.
FDR: “Through a program of this character we can maintain a national income high enough to provide for an orderly retirement…”
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Roosevelt outlines a strategy for maintaining national income and managing public debt.
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