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Warren Harding: “My thought is that the Government should give the largest encouragement, consistent with sound economics and proper…”

On the recordJune 27, 1923
My thought is that the Government should give the largest encouragement, consistent with sound economics and proper Government functions, to every effort of the people to help themselves in dealing with the high cost of living and the relationship of incomes to our household budgets.
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Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

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Address in Idaho Falls, Idaho

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