Ronald Reagan: “Those high taxes had fueled a rate of increase in government spending…”

On the recordApril 2, 1982

Those high taxes had fueled a rate of increase in government spending that reached 17 percent in 1980 alone.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Program for Economic Recovery

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Ronald Reagan: “Those high taxes had fueled a rate of increase in government spending that reached 17 percent in 1980 alone.”