Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Deferrals
01/04/1983
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Raising taxes would boomerang.
I urge all Americans to give generous support to the work of their local Red Cross Chapter.
I urge all civilian employees of the Federal government and members of the Armed Forces to support in every way possible this vital voluntar...
Defense spending accounts for less than 30 percent of our budget today—far less than 20 years ago.