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Ronald Reagan: Throwing taxpayers' money at a problem, sitting back with smug looks of self-congratulation, has been tried, and it…

On the recordOctober 31, 1983
Throwing taxpayers' money at a problem, sitting back with smug looks of self-congratulation, has been tried, and it didn't work.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks on Signing the National Drug Abuse Education Week Proclamation

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