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Word: pork-barrel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1919-1919
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...does not hedge on the issues facing the nation; there is no beating around the bush. He suggests the budget system as a vital need in this time of vast expenditures. The necessity of such a system has been long realized; it has been blocked right along by the "pork-barrel" specialists in the House. The question of simplified income taxes shows that while the President has been in the sick-bed he has not lost the "common touch." He comes out in favor of a tariff revision that will enable foreign countries to pay off their vast debts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. | 12/3/1919 | See Source »

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