Ronald Reagan: “The bottom line is the Soviet embargo was bad for our farmers, bad for…”

On the recordMarch 21, 1982

The bottom line is the Soviet embargo was bad for our farmers, bad for our economy, but not that bad for the aggressors we were supposedly going to punish.

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Ronald Reagan

Republican · California

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Remarks on United States Agricultural Policy to Representatives of Agricultural Publications and Organizations

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Ronald Reagan: “The bottom line is the Soviet embargo was bad for our farmers, bad for our economy, but not that bad for the aggressors…”

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