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Martin Van Buren: “The known necessity which so many of the States will be under to impose taxes for the payment of the interest on their…”

On the recordDecember 4, 1840
The known necessity which so many of the States will be under to impose taxes for the payment of the interest on their debts furnishes an additional and very cogent reason why the Federal Government should refrain from creating a national debt...
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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Fourth Annual Message

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