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Ronald Reagan: “Under present fiscal conditions, unrestrained increases of this magnitude—no matter how worthy the programs—are…”

On the recordOctober 18, 1984
Under present fiscal conditions, unrestrained increases of this magnitude—no matter how worthy the programs—are unacceptable.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Memorandum Returning Without Approval the Public Broadcasting Amendments Act of 1984

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