Critics of the Marshall Plan in the U.S. Congress, such as Robert Taft, initially argued that it was:
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Correct answer: A 'European giveaway' that would drain the U.S. treasury
Fiscal conservatives feared the high cost and the expansion of federal power. However, the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia convinced many skeptics that the aid was a necessary national security expense.
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