Reducing the Public Debt. 86-2, 1960 |
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... never be able to control the Congress on that , but I think if the people of America were alerted to what is going on , and some of these measures that we are voting for - I am part of it - I think there would be a definite change of a ...
... never be able to control the Congress on that , but I think if the people of America were alerted to what is going on , and some of these measures that we are voting for - I am part of it - I think there would be a definite change of a ...
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... never be retired in this manner . By making a payment of $ 2.85 billion a year for a whole century , we can correct the mess we've gotten our Government into in the relatively short span of less than 30 years . Representatives Ikard and ...
... never be retired in this manner . By making a payment of $ 2.85 billion a year for a whole century , we can correct the mess we've gotten our Government into in the relatively short span of less than 30 years . Representatives Ikard and ...
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... never be paid . Wright is 37 and in his fifth year in Congress . Ikard is 45 and in his seventh year . Ikard is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and one of his distinguished constituents at one time was Secretary of the ...
... never be paid . Wright is 37 and in his fifth year in Congress . Ikard is 45 and in his seventh year . Ikard is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and one of his distinguished constituents at one time was Secretary of the ...
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... never find it convenient or expedient when gaged in the crisis of the moment to assign a top priority to debt retirement . Until we have already crossed that bridge and resolutely set our feet in the path of regular annual pay- ments we ...
... never find it convenient or expedient when gaged in the crisis of the moment to assign a top priority to debt retirement . Until we have already crossed that bridge and resolutely set our feet in the path of regular annual pay- ments we ...
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... never find a good time for paying off the debt . " To expect some vague , future Utopia in which it will somehow be easy to reduce this obligation suddenly and dramatically , " Mr. Wright told the House , " would be to live in a fool's ...
... never find a good time for paying off the debt . " To expect some vague , future Utopia in which it will somehow be easy to reduce this obligation suddenly and dramatically , " Mr. Wright told the House , " would be to live in a fool's ...
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$283 billion debt 85th Congresses Accounting Act administration American appropriation billion in interest borrow Budget and Accounting budget receipts budget submitted Chairman DAWSON cheaper to pay Clare Hoffman completely retire Congressman Jim Wright Congressman Wright cost debt by paying debt payment debt retirement DEVINE dollar economic ernment estimated expenditures fact FASCELL Federal debt Federal Government Fort Worth Star-Telegram Frank Ikard go along exactly GUBSER HALEY income increase inflation interest and $283 interest rates legislation line-item veto loans obligations owe the debt pay the interest paying $495 billion present national debt President public debt reduce the debt reduce the national Representative James Representative Jim Wright Representative Wright require retire the debt revenue spending statement taxes taxpayers Texas Democrat thing Thomas Pelly tion told the House total amount U.S. Representative Uncle Sam Wichita Falls World World War II Wright and Ikard Wright's proposal
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Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the Bank Holding Company Act of 1947.
Page 24 - STATEMENT OF HON. JIM WRIGHT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS Mr.
Page 14 - Congress enacted legislation which in part made an appropriation for 1 percent of the entire debt to be set apart as a sinking fund for the payment of the national debt.
Page 57 - The payment of the principal of a debt tends neither to impoverish a nation nor to retard its material development ; but, on the other hand, the maintenance of the principal and the constant payment of accruing interest tend to cripple the productive capacity of any people.
Page 2 - ... ensuing fiscal year" in paragraph (6) "and projections for the four fiscal years immediately following the ensuing fiscal year".
Page 18 - STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. HEMPHILL. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee...
Page 4 - ... present high price of fuel has caused them to make a more careful investigation of their pumping costs, with the result that in practically every case it has been found that the saving to be made in one year of operation with electric power will be sufficient to pay for the cost of a new installation. It is estimated that by the end of the next fiscal year the total connected pumping load will be approximately 450 horsepower, which, together with the lighting and power load in the towns where...
Page 1 - The Board shall prepare and submit to the President, and, at the same time, to the appropriate committees of Congress, an annual budget of the expenses and other items relating to the Board which shall, as revised, be included as a separate item in the budget required to be transmitted to the Congress under section 201 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 USC 11). " (k) The Board shall submit to the President, and, at the same time, to...
Page 58 - ... us, and poor enough to put us on guard. During the 154 years from 1792 through 1945 we have had ninety-three years of net surplus in our national budget and sixty-one years of net deficit. 8. Throughout our history the greatest obstacles to national financial strength, and the most acute dangers of fiscal collapse, have never been the results of inadequate or failing resources, but always consequences of weak financial policies. Increasing national wealth has always enabled us to pay down the...
Page 3 - To provide that until the national debt is retired, not less than 10 per centum of the net budget receipts of the United States for each fiscal year shall be utilized solely for reduction of the national debt...