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Lyndon Johnson: “The lender knows to the very penny how much interest he is charging.”

On the recordNovember 1, 1967
The lender knows to the very penny how much interest he is charging.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Delegates to the 1967 Consumer Assembly.

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