Economic And Foreign Policy Goals Of The New Right Conservatives

The New Right conservatives was a movement that sprouted during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s which supported several policies, including the reduction of taxes for all social classes, decreasing the power of the “corrupted” government, and decreasing government spending. Movements such as the New Right conservatives achieved so much power and influence that the government needed to reform their policies to satisfy these movements. With the vast amount of problems piling up, Ronald Reagan was determined to do all in his power to overcome as many of these dilemmas as possible during his term as president. But despite this, Ronald Reagan could not satisfy all the problems stated by movements like the New Right Conservatives because with the

From this, although Ronald Reagan went to far reaches to achieve the economic and foreign policy goals of the New Right conservatives and other movements, he crippled and cut funds to critical programs, including Medicare, education, and other social programs, thus hurting many people as a result of these new reform changes. Many of the economic and foreign policy goals of the New Right conservatives were accomplished by Ronald Reagan, with the most notable being tax deductions and fixing unemployment issues. In his address to the nation on August 3, 1981 President Reagan discussed tax rates and his solution of budget cuts by stating that, “With our budget cuts, we’ve presented a complete program of reduction in tax rates….to provide incentive for the individual, incentives for business to encourage production and hiring of the unemployed, and to free up money for investment” (3). The two primary goals that the New Right Conservatives believed in was that the government should fix unemployment issues and reduce tax rates so that there would be a smaller gap between the rich and

Paul Conrad, an editor for the LA times, illustrated Ronald Reagan’s changes through a plane and signifying all that had been done in order to reduce the budget for basic needs such as medicare, legal service, and other social services (2). During this time, many people, including the New Right Conservatives, complained that the government was spending too much on many things including student loans, social security, and various other social services. When the government “decreased” spending, they also cut off funds for essential necessities such as aid to cities and education, and instead used that money to pay for the military, as demonstrated with “medicare” funding being used for the nose of the plane. Through this, it showed that Ronald Reagan failed to decrease spending, as his policies simply shifted the government spending from social services to the military. In addition, the LA times also depicted Ronald Reagan as a cowboy constantly firing at either like or do not like for policies such as civic rights, federal aid to education, and other social welfare programs (5). When Ronald Reagan changed his policies to satisfy people and organizations such as the New Right Conservatives, there were always other organizations that disagreed with the new policies. As a result, Ronald Reagan struggled trying