03/10/1988
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"Well, I will listen to what they have to say if they will listen to what I have to say about the fact that raising taxes has always resulted in a lowering of the revenues."
"Oh, yes, because we've got a crisis that they brought on over the last 50 years of a deficit that's got to be resolved."
"If you want them to see the light, make them feel the heat."
"Well, all these excuses are just that, excuses—and they're dead wrong."