Ronald Reagan: “We don't face large deficits because Americans aren't taxed enough; we…”

On the recordDecember 7, 1983

We don't face large deficits because Americans aren't taxed enough; we face large deficits because government spends too much.

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Republican · California

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Remarks to Members of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

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