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Calvin Coolidge: We are seeking to let those who earn money keep more of it for themselves and give less of it to the Government.

On the recordJune 21, 1925
We are seeking to let those who earn money keep more of it for themselves and give less of it to the Government.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address at a Meeting of the Business Organization of the Government

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