Ronald Reagan actually said...

Certainly, wasting our national wealth and burdening future generations with mountains of debt does not keep faith with those who have struggled and sacrificed to begin a new form of government here on our shores.

Context

Radio Address to the Nation on Memorial Day and the Budget Deficit

05/22/1987

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