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Calvin Coolidge: It is true that the Congress made a larger cut in taxes than I wanted to have made, because I knew that there would be…

On the recordMarch 29, 1926
It is true that the Congress made a larger cut in taxes than I wanted to have made, because I knew that there would be great pressure for incurring some additional expenditures.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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