Ronald Reagan: “Government can only spend what it borrows or taxes away.”

On the recordJune 15, 1983

Government can only spend what it borrows or taxes away.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina

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