Ronald Reagan said "Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 26, 1981

Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?

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Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on Federal Tax Reduction Legislation

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