Ronald Reagan

The proposal would permit employers to pay young people under 20 years of age, from May i through September 30, a wage of no less than either 75 percent of the otherwise applicable minimum wage or $2.50 per hour, whichever is less.

This legislation will help provide the first job, with real work experience, for many of these young people.

If we fail, we'll be signaling to the world that on this key issue we are irresolute and divided.

We're ready to work for peace and a better future for all.

No. What's done there is done in my name.

I want to make something clear... I think they are wrong.

One of the Nation's most serious and long-standing problems is providing adequate employment opportunities for our young people.

No, it would make me more anxious to go to one.

I remember my first job.

The concept of a youth employment opportunity wage has attracted a broad coalition of support.

We've made real progress in bringing down unemployment—creating over 7 million new jobs in the last 3 years, and over 300,000 of those in the last month alone.

A lack of outrage? No, you can't print what I'm thinking.

For many businesses, the existing minimum wage prices unskilled young people out of the job market.

Summer is quickly approaching, and we can't afford to waste another opportunity to provide work and that work experience for so many of America's young people.

I think America's resolve at the negotiating table... must be one of strength.

I'm still waiting for a lot of details on this, but that is permitted in both areas.

This is a tragedy that never should have happened, and we challenge that.

The Soviets aren't going to compromise out of the goodness of their hearts.

You're proving that a disability doesn't have to stand in the way of a full and active life.

The deficit can and will be brought down, but not by raising taxes.

You are a testimony to young people all over the world that no one should ever be afraid to dream big dreams.

Clearly, the deficit problem is not a problem of taxes, but of spending.

America is the most generous country in the world.

Thank you all for being such fine representatives of our country.

Deficit reduction, without additional taxes, is absolutely necessary to meet our national economic goals.