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Ronald Reagan: “When government raises taxes, incentives for achievement are undermined and economic growth is stifled.”

On the recordDecember 20, 1985
When government raises taxes, incentives for achievement are undermined and economic growth is stifled.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Major Legislative Achievements of 1985

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