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Ronald Reagan: Twenty-one unbalanced budgets in 22 years is proof that our Federal budgetary system needs fundamental reform.

On the recordJuly 11, 1982
Twenty-one unbalanced budgets in 22 years is proof that our Federal budgetary system needs fundamental reform.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to Reporters on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment for a Balanced Federal Budget

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