Ronald Reagan: “We have a deficit because government spends too much.”

On the recordOctober 31, 1986

We have a deficit because government spends too much.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Senate Campaign Fundraiser for Representative Ed Zschau in Anaheim, California

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