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On the recordSeptember 17, 1981
The government owes a thousand billion dollars and must pay interest every day on that gargantuan amount.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Denver, Colorado, at the Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Republican Women

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