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Robert C. Byrd: “I can remember, as a boy, hearing the soothing assurances that "Prosperity is just around the corner" -but it never…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1987
I can remember, as a boy, hearing the soothing assurances that "Prosperity is just around the corner" -but it never came. It never made that corner.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Oct 20, 1987

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Calling on the administration to work with Congress to reduce the trade and budget deficits.

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