Ronald Reagan actually said...

People understand that making this government live within its means will ultimately do more to bring down interest rates and put our unemployed back to work than anything else we could do.

Context

Remarks at a Rally Supporting the Proposed Constitutional Amendment for a Balanced Federal Budget

07/18/1982

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