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Ronald Reagan: “To fail to advance a bill now would mean maintaining the status quota tax system with all its inequities, complexities…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1985
To fail to advance a bill now would mean maintaining the status quota tax system with all its inequities, complexities, and tendencies to discourage efficient economic growth.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Letter to Members of the House of Representatives Urging Support for Tax Reform Legislation

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