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On the recordFebruary 10, 1987
The overwhelming majority of the people on welfare want nothing more than to be independent of it and back out with the rest of us in the workaday world.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Panel Discussion With Community Leaders on Welfare Reform

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