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Ronald Reagan: Opportunity is key to the promise to the American dream, but high tax rates have transformed that difficult but…

On the recordJune 6, 1985
Opportunity is key to the promise to the American dream, but high tax rates have transformed that difficult but rewarding climb up the ladder of success into a bitter and exhausting enslavement on the tax treadmill.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Economic Editors During a White House Briefing on Tax Reform

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