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Reagan Policies Paper
President Reagan would become elected to the White house in January 1981 after serving two terms a governor of California. He would be largely supported by what is known as the New Right, a group of right wing “Rockefeller” conservatives (Brinkley, 2012).
The new right would be known as a group of powerful conservative Christians that would grow or “rise” between the 1970’s and 1980’s (Brinkley, 2012). Ronald Reagan, known better at the time as a well known film actor and political activist would help the revival of the “right” along with Barry Goldwater. Reagan would grow up as a liberal, but after marriage and argument with communists in the Screen Actors guild, he would move right and become strongly conservative (Brinkley, 2012).
Beginning in 1964, Reagan would begin to win over the leadership of the Conservative Wing of the Republican Party after delivering a speech on behalf of Goldwater (Brinkley, 2012). With this success he would win himself two terms as the Governor of California. A good boost for the right would also be the presidency of Gerald Ford. Ford would touch on the “raw” nerves of the conservative’s and be known to destroy a fragile equilibrium that allowed for the less conservative republicans and the further right to co-exist (Brinkley, 2012).
The New Right is infamous for mostly be made up of rich and powerful men. A list of approxamentaly 12,000 conservatives made up of “think tanks” consulting firms and lobbyists would make the New Right an extremely strong and well funded group (Brinkley, 2012).
Proposition 13 would also have its own hand in strengthening the New Right. It would begin in California, a home state to Ronald Reagan and present itself on the ballot. It would question citizens on their opinions of rolling back property tax rates. This would also be known as “Reganomics” or supply side