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Andrew Jackson

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.

Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson is emphasizing the start of a period where the government must carefully control its spending and avoid increasing its income unnecessarily. He insists that the government should only collect as much money as it truly needs to operate, without any extra.

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