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Ronald Reagan: No, we were faced, when we came into office, with a Social Security system that in spite of the biggest tax increase…

On the recordOctober 15, 1984
No, we were faced, when we came into office, with a Social Security system that in spite of the biggest tax increase in—single tax increase in history... was facing bankruptcy.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the WILCO Area Career Center in Romeoville, Illinois

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