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Anybody can reduce taxes, but it is not so easy to stand in the gap and resist the passage of increasing appropriation bills which would make tax reduction impossible.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “Anybody can reduce taxes, but it is not so easy to stand in the gap and resist the passage of increasing appropriation…”
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Coolidge points out the challenge of resisting increasing government spending while advocating for tax reductions.
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