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Ronald Reagan: The answer to a government that's too big is to stop feeding its growth.

On the recordApril 27, 1981
The answer to a government that's too big is to stop feeding its growth.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery

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