Ronald Reagan: “I think that the people on welfare would want nothing better than to…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1983

I think that the people on welfare would want nothing better than to be off welfare.

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Question-and-Answer Session With High School Students on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

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