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Ronald Reagan: “Is big government going to grow, or is your economy going to grow?”

On the recordApril 17, 1988
Is big government going to grow, or is your economy going to grow?
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Meeting With the Associated General Contractors of America

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