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Calvin Coolidge: “In my opinion the Government can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by a system of rigid economy in…”

On the recordDecember 2, 1924
In my opinion the Government can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by a system of rigid economy in public expenditure than can be accomplished through any other action.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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