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Lyndon Johnson: “I asked anyone who felt that they would recommend to the American people that the Congress increase taxes now to raise…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1966
I asked anyone who felt that they would recommend to the American people that the Congress increase taxes now to raise their right hands, and there were no hands raised.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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