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Ronald Reagan: “The bottom line is tax increases should be as difficult for Congress to pass as they are painful for the people to pay.”

On the recordJuly 26, 1987
The bottom line is tax increases should be as difficult for Congress to pass as they are painful for the people to pay.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to Citizens in Port Washington, Wisconsin

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