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In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal…”
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Van Buren argues that there is no justification for the federal government to create a permanent debt during peacetime.
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