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FDR: Money spent by the Government during the past few years and money that will be spent in the next few years is not merely…

On the recordApril 7, 1938
Money spent by the Government during the past few years and money that will be spent in the next few years is not merely money to put people to work at that particular moment with merely the result of adding to the national debt.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Press Conference with Editors and Publishers of Trade Papers in Washington

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