Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 8, 1987
Once you gave people an incentive to earn more money by saying that you weren't going to take half or more of it away from them, they went out and earned more money.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Members of the Volunteer International Council of the United States Information Agency

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