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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt is pointing out that most of the money the government owed between 1921 and 1939 was because of expenses related to wars, including those already fought and those planned for the future.

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