Ronald Reagan: “Seventy percent of the unemployed today have been unemployed 7 weeks…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1983

Seventy percent of the unemployed today have been unemployed 7 weeks or less.

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Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

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Ronald Reagan: “Seventy percent of the unemployed today have been unemployed 7 weeks or less.”