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Ronald Reagan: “We knew that malaise for what it really was: Government, with its high taxes, excessive spending and overregulation, had…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1985
We knew that malaise for what it really was: Government, with its high taxes, excessive spending and overregulation, had thrown a wrench in the works of our free markets.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to Brokers and Staff of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, New York

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