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Calvin Coolidge: “It can not be sound for all of the people to hire some of the people to produce a crop which neither the producers nor…”

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It can not be sound for all of the people to hire some of the people to produce a crop which neither the producers nor the rest of the people want.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge questions the logic of government-funded agricultural production that does not meet market demand.

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