Ronald Reagan: “I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1982

I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the American taxpayers.

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Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Reporting on the State of the Union

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Ronald Reagan: “I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the American taxpayers.”