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Calvin Coolidge: “We find our citizens, to-day, not so much suffering from the high cost of living, though that is grievous enough, as…”

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We find our citizens, to-day, not so much suffering from the high cost of living, though that is grievous enough, as threatened with an increasing cost which will bring suffering and misery to a large body of our inhabitants.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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He addresses the economic challenges faced by citizens, emphasizing the threat of rising costs.

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