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Ronald Reagan: it isn't a step backward at all. It's a step forward toward ending this round that we've had of the excessive interest…

On the recordAugust 19, 1981
it isn't a step backward at all. It's a step forward toward ending this round that we've had of the excessive interest, of the excessive inflation.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Orange County Republicans at a Target '82 Fundraising Reception in Costa...

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