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We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.

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Herbert Hoover
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: August 10
Died: 1964
Died: October 20
31St U.S. President
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Herbert Clark Hoover
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