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Calvin Coolidge: It would appear to be elementary that the more the Government expends the more it must require every producer to…

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It would appear to be elementary that the more the Government expends the more it must require every producer to contribute out of his production to the Public Treasury, and the less he will have for his own benefit.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge explains the relationship between government spending and individual financial benefit.

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