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Ike Finds It Tough Job To Cut Federal Spending
President Eisenhower has struggled to shrink government outlays while Congress remains Democratic-led. Fiscal 1957 through 1960 show deficits and goals of a balanced budget, with promises of cuts from 81 billion to about 60 billion and a 77 billion target for 1960. The record includes peacetime deficits and tax cuts amid shifting debt and living-cost baselines.
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