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Ronald Reagan: “The ultimate objective...is to use block grants...as a bridge, leading to the day when you'll have not only the…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1981
The ultimate objective...is to use block grants...as a bridge, leading to the day when you'll have not only the responsibility for the programs that properly belong at the State level.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Annual Convention of the National Conference of State Legislatures

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