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FDR: The greater part of the budgetary deficits that have been incurred have gone for permanent, tangible additions to our…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1939
The greater part of the budgetary deficits that have been incurred have gone for permanent, tangible additions to our national wealth.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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