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Ronald Reagan: “I said then, and I still say, business leaders—small and large-should be permitted to quit spending their time…”

On the recordMay 13, 1986
I said then, and I still say, business leaders—small and large-should be permitted to quit spending their time concentrating on the tax angles and get back to thinking about supply and demand.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to the Tax Reform Action Coalition

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