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I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to washington and then returned. i abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. i do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.
-John F. Kennedy
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I See No Magic In Tax Dollars

John F. Kennedy
I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to washington and then returned. i abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. i do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.
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