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President Ford's 1975 State of the Union address:

January 15, 1975

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-reporting-the-state-the-union-1

' . . . I plan to take Presidential initiative to decontrol the price of domestic crude oil on April 1. I urge the Congress to enact a windfall profits tax by that date to ensure that oil producers do not profit unduly. . . '
This is absolutely shades of Pres. Carter. Plus, a little bit of brinksmanship on Ford's part.

Let's say Congress says, Okay, Sure. And takes him up on his offer!
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