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Right Now We're Concerned About Budget. Right Now We're Concerned About The Prospect Of Interest Rate Rise. We're Concerned About Government Corruption, Government Handing Out Deals To Specific Groups. Coolidge Fixed A Problem Like That. He Came Into A Rough Time And He, And Harding Before Him, Fixed That By Budgeting.
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Right Now We're Concerned About Budget. Right

Amity Shlaes
Right Now We're Concerned About Budget. Right Now We're Concerned About The Prospect Of Interest Rate Rise. We're Concerned About Government Corruption, Government Handing Out Deals To Specific Groups. Coolidge Fixed A Problem Like That. He Came Into A Rough Time And He, And Harding Before Him, Fixed That By Budgeting.
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