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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, what more reason do we need to change this destructive economic course? What more reason do we need to…”

On the recordMay 21, 1982
Mr. President, what more reason do we need to change this destructive economic course? What more reason do we need to admit that the best-intentioned theories can go wrong in practice? How much longer must we endure this tragic, national nightmare?
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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May 21, 1982

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Speaking on economic policy, tax cuts and the money supply during a recession.

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