Ronald Reagan actually said...

Instead of citing at the end of each year how many people were being maintained on welfare, every year they would be saying how many people we had been able to remove from welfare and restore to a position of independence.

Context

Remarks at a White House Briefing for Supporters of Welfare Reform

02/08/1987

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