On the record
The taxes of the Nation must be reduced now as much as prudence will permit, and expenditures must be reduced accordingly.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “The taxes of the Nation must be reduced now as much as prudence will permit, and expenditures must be reduced…”
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Coolidge insists on the necessity of reducing both taxes and expenditures to maintain fiscal responsibility.
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