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Ronald Reagan: “We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we don't tax enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because government…”

On the recordMay 19, 1982
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we don't tax enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because government spends too much.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Reception for Members of the American-Retail Federation

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