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On the recordFebruary 6, 1987
welfare reform is not just important but vital—vital to our economic well-being; vital, indeed, to our self-respect as a nation.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Welfare Reform

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Dec 7, 1988

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

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