Ronald Reagan: “Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government…”

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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