The state has no source of money other than the money people earn themselves. If the state wishes to spend more it can only do so by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more.
— Margaret Thatcher Contemporary

British PM, Iron Lady

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Interview with Thames Television

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1976

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Controversial

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https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102919

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