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Martin Van Buren: “The policy of the Federal Government in extinguishing as rapidly as possible the national debt, and subsequently in…”

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The policy of the Federal Government in extinguishing as rapidly as possible the national debt, and subsequently in resisting every temptation to create a new one, deserves to be regarded in the same favorable light.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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Van Buren supports the government's policy of rapidly extinguishing national debt and avoiding new debt.

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