| The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on the Economy, Government Spending | ||
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| Tape Master: | 656 | |
| Catalog #: | 523739 | |
| Clip Number: | 523739-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | ||
| Timecode: | 01:03:46 - 01:04:57 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1981 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Budget GOVERNMENT: United States LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PERSONALITIES: Reagan, Ronald POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | Jan 29, 1981 Excerpt from The President's News Conference. Ronald Reagan, "... this administration did not come here to be a caretaker government and just hope we could go along the same way and maybe do it a little better. We think the time has come where there has to be a change of direction of this country, and it's going to begin with reducing government spending." edit "Let me briefly review for the American people what we've already done. Within moments of taking the oath of office, I placed a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees in the Federal Government. Two days later I issued an order to cut down on government travel, reduce the number of consultants to the government, stopped the procurement of certain items, and called on my appointees to exercise restraint in their own offices." edit "All of us should remember that the Federal Government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files, and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control. I do not intend to make wildly skyrocketing deficits and runaway government simple facts of life in this administration. As I've said, our ills have come upon us over several decades, and they will not go away in days or weeks or months. But I want the American people to know that we have begun." | |
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