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George H.W. Bush: “The race is about taxes and the need to keep them down, and the race is about jobs and the need to get them up.”

On the recordMay 23, 1991
The race is about taxes and the need to keep them down, and the race is about jobs and the need to get them up.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Fundraising Reception for Congressional Candidate Steve Pierce in Boston, Massachusetts

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