Reagan Criticizes Budget Package
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NEW YORK — Former President Ronald Reagan criticized President Clinton’s economic plan in a newspaper article published today and said “it will only cause the deficit to increase.”
In the piece in the New York Times headlined “Just Say No to Clinton’s Package,” the former Republican President urged “each member of Congress to reject the White House pressure” to pass the economic plan. “It is so flawed, the only reasonable alternative is to flatly reject it,” Reagan wrote.
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