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deserves corresponding care and honesty in the Federal spending of those same taxes. For instance,
I cion•t believe in this time of financial crftfs we should build a palace costing more than three
quarters of a million dollars to house the Vice President~
Another reason I am against a tax increase ts that it will give the President more rroney
to spend. If we are to iudge by his spending habits to date 1 it will be spent with the usual reck-
less abandon. I cannot believe that the additional funds will be used simply to make ends meet.
To the contrary. The President, will dream up, I am sure, some new boondoggle or other--which
will add to the present inflationary trend, not take away from tt.
In closing, I would ltke to return to the somewhat time-worn phrase "guns and butter.~·
If it were only a butter bill that the administration wanted the taxpayer to foot, I might be per-
$Uaded to go along. But I am afraid Fecleral spending has long passed the 11butter 11 stage. It has
reached the point where we must make a choice between cannons and caviar.
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This is Congressman reportlng from Washington.
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