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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

If you will just sit down and analyze the situation, the present rate of increase will be 49 million people, veterans or dependents, inside the next 3 or 4 years.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

The message of last April covers that situation, and it is still what I want.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

It is that same old argument between the anticipated budget and the cash budget.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

I don't see any sense in increasing the Federal national debt when we have got a prosperous country such as we have now, and we ought to pay as we go.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

The Budget Director informs me that it has not yet been broken down between military and economic, but it will be.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

Every sort of tax that will be necessary to raise revenue undoubtedly will be considered by the experts.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 12, 1951

I would like to see them all protected, but I was using that as a horrible example.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 11, 1951

Decisive action, essential to our safety, should not be halted by controversy now.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 11, 1951

The United States is pledged and determined, along with other free peoples, to cheek aggression and to advance freedom.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jan 11, 1951

This means more trained men in uniform, and more planes, tanks, ships, and other military supplies.

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