Radio Address to the Nation on Deficit Reduction
02/27/1987
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Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.
We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.
We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitabl...
If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.