Ronald Reagan: “We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a…”

On the recordOctober 29, 1986

We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a deficit because the Congress is spending too much.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Senate Campaign Rally for Representative Ken Kramer in Colorado Springs

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Ronald Reagan: “We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a deficit because the Congress is spending too much.”