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FDR: “The cost of the war, paid by taxpayers, will jump beyond all present calculations.”

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The cost of the war, paid by taxpayers, will jump beyond all present calculations.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the financial burden of the war on taxpayers.

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