Ronald Reagan actually said...

I believe that we have had our business troubles and our recessions because the Government is taking too high a percentage from the gross national product for Government functions and not leaving it out there at the private sector.

Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Elected Republican Women Officials

06/28/1984

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