Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 628-011
Date: Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 2:07 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/628-011

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[0:03] Yeah, hi.
[0:04] Well, I went off to Florida after I'd seen Mrs. .
[0:10] Yeah.
[0:45] Yeah, like I said last night, we don't want somebody else doing the damn thing.
[1:22] Yeah.
[1:54] Yeah.
[1:56] Yeah.
[1:57] Yeah.
[1:58] Yeah.
[2:00] Yeah.
[2:03] Yeah.
[2:04] Yeah.
[2:05] Yeah.
[2:05] Yeah.
[2:06] Yeah.
[2:06] Yeah.
[2:28] Sure.
[2:29] Right.
[2:30] Right.
[2:31] Right.
[2:37] Right.
[2:38] Right.
[2:38] Right.
[2:40] Right.
[3:36] But I don't think that the Congress doesn't have much impact.
[3:38] I think that as of May, the end of May, that's completely what we want.
[3:43] And in the meantime, I think the House of Representatives is going to start roughing it up.
[3:54] I think we're, I think really it's our old friends that are destroying us on these seasonal adjustments.
[4:02] I just have that feeling.
[4:14] More.
[4:15] Oh, yeah.
[4:42] Yeah, I'll put him over there.
[4:44] He's just got to stand there on it anyway.
[4:45] All right.
[4:47] All right.
[4:51] Yeah, put Peter to it.
[5:35] I'll tell you that if you die out here.
[5:38] That's the 518.
[5:38] How much of that?
[5:40] It goes up a little bit, and that's expected.
[5:42] That's right.
[5:43] That's not a great deal.
[6:26] Right.
[6:26] Yeah, I heard about that.
[6:27] I heard.
[6:28] Yeah.
[6:28] Yeah.
[6:29] That's good.
[6:30] Yeah.
[6:54] Gregor got, I don't know if he'll ever get through the Senate, but I heard when he was a little boy about a tax check on something.
[7:01] No, he moved the date to 73.
[7:04] Yeah, he moved it to 73.
[7:06] Well, of course we can't.
[7:10] I got so close.
[7:11] The point is that the Senate is likely hiding to turn it down.
[7:16] I'm not sure if that's the problem.
[7:23] because how they don't they don't know those candidates over there didn't vote for that who's 76 they're voting for 72. you know i'm gonna come to you
[7:51] I'm taking still a hard line.
[7:54] My objection to this is the principle.
[7:59] Now, if it comes down, if they can pass it with that end, then I can probably say I totally disapprove this and will submit legislation for its repeal on January.
[8:10] See what I mean?
[8:12] I think you can get away with that.
[8:17] Yeah.
[8:20] Absolutely.
[8:21] You see what I mean?
[8:22] Nothing happens in 72 at all.
[8:25] So, no, no, no, that's what I mean.
[8:28] It's perfect.
[8:29] It would be, it would be an environment where you can't stay here.
[8:38] You can't stay here.
[8:39] You can't stay here.
[8:41] You can't stay here.
[8:42] You can't stay here.
[8:43] You can't stay here.
[8:44] You can't stay here.
[8:45] You can't stay here.
[8:45] You can't stay here.
[8:47] You can't stay here.
[9:03] Yeah, I felt a little more stable instead of spending my $50 million for the purposes of license and the taxpayer money we used to keep his promises.