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We have expended vast fortunes, we have taxed everybody, but we are unable to secure results, which benefit anybody.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “We have expended vast fortunes, we have taxed everybody, but we are unable to secure results, which benefit anybody.”
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Coolidge highlights the inefficiency of government spending and taxation without yielding beneficial results.
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