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FDR: “As an integral part of this program to maintain high employment, we must, after the war is over, reduce or eliminate…”

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As an integral part of this program to maintain high employment, we must, after the war is over, reduce or eliminate taxes which bear too heavily on consumption.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the need to adjust taxes to promote consumption after the war.

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