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Ronald Reagan: If you want interest rates to come down and the economy to get going, it wouldn't hurt if you told your Congressman to…

On the recordMay 21, 1982
If you want interest rates to come down and the economy to get going, it wouldn't hurt if you told your Congressman to vote for the bipartisan recovery budget.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Federal Budget

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