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Growing US deficit
Reagan gets thumbs-up from voters through tax cuts - despite national deficit rocketing into hundreds of billions.
Reagan gets thumbs-up from voters through tax cuts - despite national deficit rocketing into hundreds of billions. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.
This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 2014.
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Sun 11 May 1986
09:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alistair Cooke |
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Fri 9 May 1986 21:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Sun 11 May 1986 09:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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