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FDR: While our present and projected expenditures for work relief are wholly within the reasonable limits of our national…

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While our present and projected expenditures for work relief are wholly within the reasonable limits of our national credit resources, it is obvious that we cannot continue to create governmental deficits for that purpose year after year.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns against creating governmental deficits for work relief expenditures.

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