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Ronald Reagan: “We can't afford to yield to the budget-busting currents of the past.”

On the recordAugust 10, 1982
We can't afford to yield to the budget-busting currents of the past.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Fund-raising Luncheon in Billings, Montana, for United States Senate Candidate Larry Williams

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